for the first player, i talked to Harimau Muda's Haziq Zikri Elias (20). Born in KL, he then switched to England and played for Stevenage Youth Team before coming back to Malaysia. Right now he's recovering from an injury.




http://faliqfirdaus.blogspot.com/2011/02/s...q-zikri_23.html

wait... an attempt to promote personal blog?

I don't support local footy anymore but I think this is a good thread. In this day and age, star players play a big role in creating traction for the sport amongst fans. The main problem with futsal for example is that everyone plays it, but no one watches it and one reason for this is that the sport is devoid of 'stars'. Can anyone even name our national futsal team players? I used to train under Zaidi Ramli who was our national no.1 some 4-5 years back. We had a good striker in Addie Azwan who was brilliant playing with his back to goal. I actually played for a semi-professional club back then and we had 5 national players in the side including the 2 I mentioned above. I followed our team and went to watch the KL World 5's but coverage of futsal is poor and now you hardly read or hear about the team. Even the national futsal league has disappeared.

I think that by commercialising local teams and it's players will help spark interest in the sport again. Like it or not, we should be adopting the mass marketing approach many clubs worldwide has. If you look at the treatment of the ads I attached, it is clear that marketing minds are at work to address the problem. The Nike-esque treatment gives the team a cool and current look and this is in no doubt thanks to younger, more forward thinking minds of people in the MSL. The FAM have probably realised that they needed to source for marketing talent and from a club perspective, Kelantan exemplifies this. KAFA is looking to/has appointed a third party marketing arm to capitalise on the popularity of the team and the sponsorship deal with Happy is but the first of many steps going forward.

Keep up the good work. I myself had no idea that so many of today's young Malaysian players have had attachments with foreign clubs. If you can, do provide more detail on the players.


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i see blog promotion more than know malaysian football players

This' just what i needed. My knowledge on Malaysian football's pretty shallow. Wasn't really into Malaysian football until a couple of years back.
I need to keep pace with the team now.
Thanks!

good to know that somebody is 'highlighting' the young players for our future squad..bravo!

really? thought this was a good effort by a fan to spread the news on local footballers

no problem with promoting his blog. The content is exclusively about local football, not some random personal thoughts.

i see no problem in that either. Its not like the promotion is using the public money...

can't post the whole article. so i put the blog's link instead.

OMG the interview in English?!

he can hardly speak malay

true true

he referring to the player or TS?


omg i so jelly, got chance play football in England.

This post has been edited by FLampard: Feb 25 2011, 09:53 PM

player

Good blog man, thanks for sharing. How do you get in touch with the players?

facebook/twitter maybe?

yes, facebook/twitter is one of them.

and ive a few contacts inside the states and national team.
also with the fan club respectively.

This post has been edited by falick_ballack: Feb 26 2011, 01:35 AM

the next player, Firdaus Azizul. Right now he's plying his trade in Negeri Sembilan. He's an ex member of Malaysia U-20 2007 (current olympic squad).





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http://faliqfirdaus.blogspot.com/2011/02/s...aus-azizul.html

the next player, Firdaus Azizul. Right now he's plying his trade in Negeri Sembilan. He's an ex member of Malaysia U-20 2007 (current olympic squad).





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http://faliqfirdaus.blogspot.com/2011/02/s...aus-azizul.html