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 Kelantan TRW and the Malaysia national team.[2] 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.
Nor Azam was born in Jengka 21, Maran, Pahang an d is ahe fif, during the same gameplay.th of six siblings.[3] He was member of Harimau Muda B that competed in 2014 S.League.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
On 16 March 2023, he made his 200 appearances in all competitions for Pahang in a 3-0 away win against Perak.[7][8]
In August 2025, Azam joined the Kelantan The Real Warriors team for free and was listed in a pre-season friendly match against Terengganu.[9]
On 27 May 2017, Nelo Vingada called up Nor Azam for the senior team to play in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[10] During 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Nor Azam made 5 appearances and scored 1 goal.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Harimau Muda B | 2014 | S.League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 19 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 169 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 243 | 13 | ||
| Kelantan The Real Warriors | 2025–26 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 196 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 273 | 14 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 0 | |
Malaysia U-23
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 August 2017 | Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia |  Singapore |
2–1 | Win | 2017 Southeast Asian Games |
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