# Nor Azam Azih

Muhammad Nor Azam bin Abdul Azih (born 3 January 1995) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang and the Malaysia national team. He can operate as a box-to-box midfielder and is known for his creativity, accurate passes, ball control and technique. He is also known as a long range shoot specialist. Azam is also often compared to the legendary Italian footballer, Andrea Pirlo, during the same gameplay.

## Career
### Club

Nor Azam was born in Jengka 21, Maran, Pahang an d is ahe fif, during the same gameplay.th of six siblings. He was member of Harimau Muda B that competed in 2014 S.League.
Nor Azam was signed from Harimau Muda B at the start of 2015 season. His first appearances for Pahang was against Johor Darul Ta'zim on 31 January 2015 coming on from a bench in the 85th minute.
He received his breakthrough with Pahang when Azidan Sarudin picked up an injury early in the 2015 season. He took full advantage of it and the more experienced Azidan found himself on the bench once he recovered. Overall he made 24 appearances in all competition for Pahang during his season debut but an anterior cruciate ligament injury in July 2015 ruled him out for the rest of the season.
On 16 March 2023, he made his 200 appearances in all competitions for Pahang in a 3-0 away win against Perak.

### International career

On 27 May 2017, Nelo Vingada called up Nor Azam for the senior team to play in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification. During 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Nor Azam made 5 appearances and scored 1 goal.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 16 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Harimau Muda B | 2014 | S.League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Harimau Muda B | Total | Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Sri Pahang | 2015 | Malaysia Super League | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sri Pahang | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Sri Pahang | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 2 |
| Sri Pahang | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 |
| Sri Pahang | 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 2 |
| Sri Pahang | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Sri Pahang | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 19 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 |
| Sri Pahang | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 |
| Sri Pahang | 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | — | — | 21 | 2 |
| Sri Pahang | Total | Total | 147 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 215 | 13 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 169 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 238 | 14 |
* ↑ Appearance in Singapore Cup

### International

    As of 22 September 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 0 |

### International goals

Malaysia U-23
    As of 29 August 2017.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 16 August 2017 | Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia | Singapore | 2–1 | Win | 2017 Southeast Asian Games |

## Honours
### Club

Sri Pahang
* Malaysia FA Cup: 2018, runner-up 2017

### International

Malaysia U-23
* SEA Games : Silver 2017