Naufal Azman | |
Fullname: | Naufal Bin Azman |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1998 |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Currentclub: | Geylang International |
Clubnumber: | 7 |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | 2014-2015 |
Youthclubs1: | National Football Academy U17 |
Youthyears2: | 2015-2016 |
Youthclubs2: | National Football Academy U18 |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs1: | Young Lions |
Caps1: | 16 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2019–2021 |
Clubs2: | Hougang United |
Caps2: | 16 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022 |
Clubs3: | Balestier Khalsa |
Caps3: | 17 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2023– |
Clubs4: | Geylang International |
Caps4: | 20 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Club-Update: | 11:18, 2 April 2022 (UTC) |
Naufal Azman (born 10 July 1998) is a Singaporean professional footballer[1] who plays as a striker or winger[2] for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International.[3] He is the older brother of twins Akmal Azman and Akram Azman who both are professional football players and play for Geylang International and Tanjong Pagar United, respectively.
Naufal started his career in Singapore with the Garena Young Lions in the then named Singapore first tier football league, the inaugural 2018 Singapore Premier League season, making his professional debut as a 19-year-old in the 85th minute as a substitute in a comfortable 2-0 home win against Hougang United back in 2018.[4] In his debut season with the Garena Young Lions, he netted 2 goals in 16 appearances,[5] one of which was a right-footed shot[6] against Albirex Niigata (S) in a 1-3 home loss[7] and the other a header in a comfortable 2-1 away win[8] against Hougang United[9] where Naufal played alongside Ikhsan Fandi in a 3-5-2 formation with Fandi Ahmad as manager in the 2017-18 season.
On 16 October 2019, Naufal signed for Hougang United.[10] After making 16 appearances for the Cheetahs[11] carrying more experience and potential to be fulfilled as a player.
Naufal then transferred to Balestier Khalsa as a free agent to continue his football journey for the 2022 Singapore Premier League season.
On 7 January 2023, Naufal joined Geylang International where he would go on to have a scoring record in the season.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Garena Young Lions | 2018 | Singapore Premier League | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
Total | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |||
Hougang United | 2020 | Singapore Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2021 | Singapore Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
Balestier Khalsa | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
Geylang International | 2023 | Singapore Premier League | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | |
2024–25 | Singapore Premier League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |||
Career total | 71 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 9 |