Khim Azanulbizarn
| Khim Azanulbizarn | |
| Nationality: | Starblaydi |
| Hometown: | Karak D'Ragh |
| Position: | Left-Back |
| Caps: | 58 |
| Goals: | 6 |
| U21 Caps: | 10 |
| U21 Goals: | 4 |
| Clubs Played For: | Tabeck FC, Alan City |
| Teams Managed: | Starblaydia, Starblaydia Under-21s |
| Notes | |
| The first Dwarf to play in the Starblaydi Football League, to play for, Captain and manage Starblaydia. | |
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, Jaime Majeed and Marco Del Blanco of Iskara Daii, Geraint Evans and young Nick Matranga.
Khim progressed on into the Senor 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.
