Khim Azanulbizarn
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The most famous Dwarven Footballer in Starblaydi history (though that's not particularly difficult), Khim Azanulbizarn was the first Dwarf to play in the Starblaydi League when he signed for Tabeck FC as a Left-Back. Being a position where height isn't a necessity, Khim began to excel as a voracious, attacking player down the left-hand side. His defending, of course, was also excellent, as his natural physical game barely gave the opposition a hint of the ball.
Starting off at Tabeck, Khim soon made it into the Under-21 World Cup 9 squad for Starblaydia, earning the number 14 shirt as a back-up Left-back. His time came, however, when Vengelis Koentas suffered a horrific broken leg from colliding with a goal post. Khim came on and was superb throughout the rest of the tournament, scoring twice as Starblaydia went to the dizzy heights and won their second Third-Place Play-off.
That was an excellent team, however, as it also contained soon-to-be Cali Purples Melmondian Midfielder of the Year Jerome Montefalcon, Jamie Majeed and Marco Del Blanco of Iskara Daii, Geraint Evans and young Nick Matranga.
Khim progressed on into the Senior team and wore the Number 3 shirt for World Cup 19, World Cup 20 and World Cup 21. With six International Goals he's right up there with the non-striking top scorers for Starblaydia. His prowess earned him a £5,000,000 transfer to Alan City of The Belmore Family, where his friend Simeone Di Bradini played, though they were not in the team at the same time.
With a Dwarven life-span, he could have been playing into his 50s and 60s, but his body could not handle the strain of international competition. With his well-known speed down the left-hand side, he was too fast for his knees. He retired from playing at the very-human age of thirty-five, taking up coaching with the Starblaydia Under-21s.
With a moderately successful period coaching the Under-21s, Khim was the beneficiary of Nikola Lazerevski's decision to quit managing the World Cup squad after World Cup 25, no matter the results. Starblaydia, as fate would have it, won World Cup 25 and though the pressure for "Laser" to stay on was immense, he stood by his decision. In a search for the next Starblaydia manager, Khim was given the job he had surely earned.
Under Khim, Starblaydia made it through to the Last-sixteen from World Cups 25 to 30, finshing First, Second and Third in his time there, as well as being knocked out in the Second Round and Quarter-Finals too. He guided Starblaydia to the Number-One rank in the world for World Cup 30, before duly stepping down after the Final defeat to Bedistan, and moving on to become a Director of Football on the Az-cz national football team for World Cups 31 and 32.
For his efforts he was nominated to the World Cup Hall of Fame.
Preceded by: Jerome Montefalcon |
Starblaydia World Cup Captains World Cup 22 |
Followed by: Gbenga Ogunniya |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 19 Qualifiers | ||
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1 Cragg | 2 R. Di Bradini | 3 Azanulbizarn | 4 Montefalcon | 5 Durand (c) | 6 Piper | 7 Evans | 8 Naoki | 9 Hall | 10 Jakkinho | 11 Tirado | 12 Thornley | 13 Majeed | 14 Bachchan | 15 Doukas | 16 N. Matranga | 17 Del Blanco | 18 Matis | 19 De Marco | 20 Nicholson | 21 Scott | 22 Berisha | 23 S. Di Bradini | Coach: N'Dumbu-Nsungu |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 20 Qualifiers | ||
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1 Cragg | 2 R. Di Bradini | 3 Azanulbizarn | 4 Montefalcon | 5 Durand (c) | 6 Majeed | 7 Evans | 8 Naoki | 9 Del Blanco | 10 Belizaire | 11 N. Matranga | 12 Thornley | 13 Watt | 14 Piper | 15 Menegroth | 16 Tirado | 17 Jakkinho | 18 De Souza | 19 Joachim | 20 J. Garcia | 21 Doukas | 22 Delgado | 23 S. Di Bradini | Coach: N'Dumbu-Nsungu |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 21 Qualifiers | ||
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1 Cragg | 2 J. Garcia | 3 Azanulbizarn | 4 Montefalcon (c) | 5 Gianunzio | 6 Majeed | 7 N. Matranga | 8 Delgado | 9 Lyku-Agbayani | 10 Belizaire | 11 Madray | 12 Gonzalez | 13 Caltabiano | 14 Watt | 15 Evans | 16 Naoki | 17 Del Blanco | 18 Tumunzahar | 19 Thornley | 20 Loze | 21 Rabalais | 22 Kovac | 23 Sodek | Coach: N'Dumbu-Nsungu |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 22 Qualifiers | ||
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1 T. Gonzalez | 2 Terrenson | 3 Azanulbizarn (c) | 4 Ogunniya | 5 Caltabiano | 6 Watt | 7 N. Matranga | 8 Lyku-Agbayani | 9 Tumunzahar | 10 Belizaire | 11 Madray | 12 Thornley | 13 Steliopolous | 14 Nimz | 15 Doukas | 16 Rabalais | 17 Vang | 18 Sodek | 19 Corominas | 20 Gre | 21 Cuevo | 22 Buathiang | 23 Del Blanco | Coach: Van Honjiik & Lazerevski |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 26 Qualifiers | ||
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1 Corominas | 2 Garahildim | 3 L.Lopez | 4 Ernesto | 5 Oberlander | 6 Stefansson | 7 C. Garcia | 8 Menecrates (c) | 9 Raphaelo | 10 G. Lopez | 11 Reynaldo | 12 Maestas | 13 Zielinski | 14 Jaegar | 15 Blanc | 16 Noble | 17 Nixon | 18 Mercutio | 19 Bedford | 20 Belmozzi | 21 Chavez | 22 Rage | 23 Tolkacheva | Coach: Azanulbizarn |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 27 Third-Placed Side | ||
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1 Mathias | 2 Ibanez | 3 Rakkinen | 4 Blanc | 5 Oberlander | 6 Kouvas | 7 Noble | 8 Menecrates (c) | 9 Raphaelo | 10 Tolkacheva | 11 Chavez | 12 Bedford | 13 Almeida | 14 Belmozzi | 15 Ernesto | 16 J. Matranga | 17 C. Garcia | 18 Vega | 19 Maestas | 20 Valdez | 21 Rujano | 22 Rage | 23 Von Erich | Coach: Azanulbizarn |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 28 Champions | ||
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1 Bedford | 2 Almeida | 3 Rakkinen | 4 Blanc (c) | 5 Valdez | 6 Kouvas | 7 Noble | 8 Rage | 9 Keifner | 10 Tolkacheva | 11 Chavez | 12 Kyrile | 13 Drazarim | 14 Costa | 15 Rujano | 16 Kaminsky | 17 Von Erich | 18 Rocca | 19 Grimzabar | 20 Oberlander | 21 Cortez | 22 Zinaldi | 23 Ajaccio | Coach: Azanulbizarn |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 29 Quarter-Finalists | ||
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1 Bedford | 2 T. Di Bradini | 3 Rakkinen | 4 Rujano | 5 Valdez | 6 Costa | 7 Noble (c) | 8 Rage | 9 Keifner | 10 Maitland | 11 Cortez | 12 Grimzabar | 13 Drazarim | 14 Adams | 15 Niodonna | 16 Zinaldi | 17 Von Erich | 18 Rocca | 19 Collier | 20 Almeida | 21 Karo | 22 Kaminsky | 23 Ajaccio | Coach: Azanulbizarn |
Starblaydia squad - Men's Olympic Champions, Ashford Games | ||
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1 Collier | 2 Averette | 3 Serviché | 4 Rujano (c) | 5 Adams | 6 Cravex | 7 Prizzoni | 8 Donii | 9 Keifner | 10 Bazrimar | 11 Dakic | 12 Grimzabar | 13 Drazarim | 14 González | 15 Kaminsky | 16 Zinaldi | 17 L. Asante | 18 Barron | 19 Kellas | 20 Costa | 21 L. Ruiz | 22 Soperra | 23 Von Erich | Coach: Azanulbizarn |
Starblaydia squad - World Cup 30 Runners-Up | ||
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1 Bedford | 2 T. Di Bradini | 3 M. Ruiz | 4 Rujano | 5 Adams | 6 Costa | 7 Prizzoni | 8 Rage (c) | 9 Keifner | 10 Maitland | 11 Cortez | 12 Grimzabar | 13 Averette | 14 Serviché | 15 Karo | 16 Dakic | 17 L. Asante | 18 Barron | 19 Collier | 20 L. Ruiz | 21 Mahezihim | 22 Donii | 23 Bazrimar | Coach: Azanulbizarn |
Starblaydia squad - Starblaydia All-Time Team | ||
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1 A. Prokopsis | 2 Salisbury | 3 Azanulbizarn | 4 Blanc | 5 Gre | 6 Cravex | 7 Noble | 8 Menecrates | 9 Maitland | 10 S. Di Bradini (C) | 11 Dakic | 12 Corominas | 13 Durand | 14 Oberlander | 15 Rujano | 16 Garcia | 17 Tumunzahar | 18 Tolkacheva | 19 Graikalonii | 20 R. Di Bradini | 21 Montefalcon | 22 Buathiang | 23 Keifner | Coach: Lazerevski |