After spending seven seasons playing second fiddle in Penang, the custodian wants to put on his best performance in his biggest challenge to date when his team take on the Rhinos in the first leg of the semi-finals at the Likas Stadium on Tuesday night.
With Penang, Amir first had to be understudy to Azlisham Ibrahim, and then to Kamarulzaman Hassan. But the 1996 pre-Olympics and 1997 World Youth Cup squad goalkeeper has been a revelation for Kedah in the Malaysia Cup competition this year.