Hazwan Hamzah
Quick Facts
Biography
Hazwan bin Hamzah (born 9 September 1991) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays for Brunei DPMM FC and the Brunei national football team as a defender. He previously played for Rimba Star FC and Indera SC, and was part of the Brunei Under-21 team that won the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy.
Club career
Hazwan was a former student at Brunei's Sports School. He first started playing league football with Rimba Star FC in the 2011 Brunei Premier League II and was even made captain of the club based in Kampong Rimba.
After his involvement with the national team winded down in 2014, Hazwan linked up with local powerhouse Indera SC of the Brunei Super League and won the championship in his first season. He stayed at Indera until 2017, joining Brunei's sole professional club DPMM FC after a short trial.
Hazwan made his DPMM debut in the 4-0 loss against Albirex Niigata Singapore FC on 16 June 2017 as a second-half substitute. In the game against Home United on 8 September, he was shown a second yellow card but was not immediately sent off until after two minutes elapsed when the referee was duly reminded to do so.
International career
Hazwan played for Brunei under-21s at the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, starting in their first-ever final appearance against Indonesia and emerging as 2-0 victors. A year later, he played with roughly the same team at the 2013 SEA Games held in Myanmar where Brunei under-23 failed to gain a single point in four matches.
Hazwan made his full international debut at the 2018 World Cup qualifying First Round for AFC against Chinese Taipei at Kaohsiung, as a second-half substitute for Shahrazen Said. Brunei took home a 1-0 result courtesy of an Adi Said goal in the 36th minute. Hazwan started the second leg in place of Azwan Ali Rahman at home ground Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium to protect the advantage but a 0-2 reverse meant that Brunei was knocked out of the 2018 World Cup.
Hazwan made two further appearances for the national team in friendlies against Singapore and Cambodia later that year. He was earmarked for the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup held in neighbouring Malaysia but did not make the final squad.
Honours
- Indera SC
- Brunei Super League: 2014
- Piala Sumbangsih: 2015