Hendra Azam Idris

Mohammad Hendra Azam bin Mohammad Idris (born 10 August 1988) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays for DPMM FC as a midfielder.[1]

In this Malay name, the name Idris is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Hendra Azam.

Hendra Azam
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Hendra Azam bin Mohammad Idris
Date of birth (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988
Place of birth Brunei
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 DPMM FC
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Majra FC
2009–2011 QAF FC
2012– DPMM FC 131 (5)
National team‡
2009–2014 Brunei 10 (0)
2011 Brunei U23 5 (0)
2012–2014 Brunei U21 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2015

Club career

He began his career with Majra FC where he once scored from the halfway line seconds after the opposing team were celebrating an equalizer and failing to prepare for the restart.[2] He moved to QAF FC in 2009 where he won the Brunei Premier League in his first season with them.[3]

He joined DPMM in 2012,[4] and broke into the first team the following year, scoring in the semi-final of the 2013 Singapore League Cup.[5]

By the 2019 season, Hendra became an integral part of the DPMM squad, starting in most matches as a deep-lying playmaker.[6] On 28 April in the home fixture against Hougang United FC, deep into injury time with the game poised at 2–2, Hendra floated in a 40-yard free-kick which bounced directly into the net to score the game-winning goal.[7] That goal became an important moment in DPMM's season as they became the league champions come September, overcoming Hougang's own title challenge.[8]

International career

He made his debut for the national team in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification against hosts Sri Lanka in a 1-5 loss, when the whole team was represented by his then club side QAF FC for the tournament.[9] He made further appearances in the AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying rounds of 2012 and 2014.

He saw action for the Under-23s at the 2011 SEA Games in Indonesia. He was selected for the Under-21s in the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy a year later, playing in the final for the host's maiden success. Picked again for 2014 as an overage player, he started 3 games as Brunei narrowly failed to advance from the group stage.

After featuring for the DPMM first-team for the last few seasons Hendra was in line to be called up for international duty in June 2019, but declined the invitation to play for Brunei at the 2022 World Cup qualification.[10]

Honours

Team
QAF FC
DPMM FC

International
Brunei national under-21 football team

Personal life

Hendra's cousins are teammates Azwan Ali Rahman and Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman.[11] His younger brother Hendra Putera is also a footballer who currently plays for Kota Ranger FC as a goalkeeper.

References
  1. "Singapore Premier League Week 11: Roundup". Football Association of Singapore. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Never-say-die Majra bury Wijaya". The Brunei Times. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. "MS ABDB gun down Majra to move top". The Brunei Times. 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. "DPMM FC get fresh legs". The Brunei Times. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  5. "Hendra fires DPMM FC into final". The Brunei Times. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. "DPMM OPEN SIX-POINT LEAD IN SINGAPORE PREMIER LEAGUE". ASEAN Football Federation. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  7. "HENDRA AZAM TAMES CHEETAHS WITH LATE WINNER". BruSports News. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  8. "DPMM SPL champions as Hougang stumble". The Straits Times. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. "Sri Lanka too strong for QAF FC". Borneo Bulletin. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  10. "Brunei national team set to miss nine key players". Borneo Bulletin. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  11. "HBT Alumni shares experience in winning the 2012 edition". New Brunei Daily. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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