He is the younger brother of Khairul Amri who's also a professional footballer currently playing as striker or winger for Singapore Premier League club Tanjong Pagar United F.C.

[3] He went on to represent an adidas squad from Singapore that played in a regional football tournament in Hong Kong later that year.

He was charged by the Football Association of Singapore for gross misconduct and bringing the game into disrepute; he was banned for eight months and fined S$2,000 for his part in the brawl.

2015 would prove to be a better year as Nizam featured 14 times in the Malaysian Super League for the LionsXII and scored three goals.

However, injuries continued to curtail his career, with Nizam having gone through three knee surgeries since 2012 to repair his anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus.