Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak

Mohamad Aidil Zafuan bin Abd. Radzak (born 3 August 1987) also known as Aidil Zafuan, is a Malaysian retired professional footballer who last played primarily as a centre-back and is currently working as an assistant coach for Malaysia. In his time with Johor Darul Ta'zim, he has won 26 trophies in total and making 211 appearances for the club.

Aidil is a former member of the Malaysia U23 and Malaysia U20 squad and has represented the Malaysia national team at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Aidil has individually won 5 FAM Football Awards 'Best Defender Award' making him the only defender in the league to hold this record. Aidil has also won 11 Malaysia Super League title where he is the first and only player in the league history to win 10th consecutive league title with Johor Darul Ta'zim. He has also win 5 Malaysia Cup, 8 Malaysia Charity Shield, 4 Malaysia FA Cup and 1 AFC Cup.

Personal life He is the older brother of his twin Zaquan Adha, who is also a professional footballer. Aidil Zafuan was previously married to Rita Rudaini (actress of Malaysia). They married in 2008, divorced in 2013, and have 2 sons together. He later married Zarema Zainal in 2014.

International career Youth Aidil has represented Malaysia since he was 14 years old. He is very experienced in international youth arena. He played for the Malaysia U20 side on two AFC Youth Championship in 2004 in Malaysia as Malaysia reached the quarter-finals but was defeated by China. At the AFC Youth Championship in India, he was chosen as the captain of the team. Malaysia failed to win all three matches and only managed to score 1 goal and conceding 7 goals.

Aidil started representing the Malaysia U23 squad during 2008 Olympic Games qualifier. He continued to represent Malaysia in the 2007 Merdeka Tournament that held in Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya and managed to win the Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3:1. He then represented Malaysia in the South East Asia Games held in Thailand. However, Malaysia failed to advance into the semi-finals after drawing against rivals Singapore. In 2009, he was selected as the captain for the national under 23 team at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games where Malaysia won their first gold medal after 20 years. In 2014, he was selected as one of the overage players for the 2014 Asian Games.

Senior Aidil made his debut on 18 July 2007 against Cambodia where he also scored his first international goal in his debut against Cambodia. He then became one of the players from the under-23 side who were selected into Malaysia 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad. He only made his appearance in the last game against Iran where Malaysia lost 0–2.

Aidil received his first red card in international duty during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers second leg against Bahrain. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from taking part in international match for three games.

On 12 July 2016, Aidil with 71 international caps announced his retirement from international football via his football club's website and its Facebook page. He returned in 2017 and was part of Malaysia's 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup squad earning 82 international caps during the tournament. In 2019, he earned his 83rd international caps against Sri Lanka.

He earn his 100 appearances for Malaysia in 2020 AFF Championship against Vietnam. During his international career, Aidil went on to play a total of 101 matches for Malaysia and his international appearances comprise 98 'A' international matches as classified by FIFA including 3 international matches not classified as 'A'.

Others Aidil also represented the Malaysia XI (represent Malaysia for B match) squad against Chelsea at the Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0–2. However, Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

Managerial career After Aidil retirement at the end of the 2023 Malaysia Super League season, he would then take the coaching role as an assistant under head coach, Héctor Bidoglio at Johor Darul Ta'zim.

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Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aidil Zafuan goal. + List of international goals scored by Aidil Zafuan Malaysia Super League 'Best Defender Award': 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020 AFC Cup All-Time XI: 2021