Ali Bakar
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-11-18)18 November 1947
Place of birth Penang, British Malaya
Date of death 16 August 2003(2003-08-16) (aged 55)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1967 Penang FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1976 Penang FA
International career
1970–1976 Malaysia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Bakar (18 November 1947 – 16 August 2003) was a football player who represented the Malaysian national football team from 1970 until 1976.[1] He played for Penang FA in Malaysia's domestic competition.

Career overview

A midfielder, Ali was a squad player for the Malaysia team in the 1972 Munich Olympics football competition, and also represented Malaysia when it finished third in the 1974 Asian Games in Iran.[2][3] Also in 1974, he was part of the Malaysia Cup-winning Penang side.[4] After two years, he also helped Penang side to win the international tournament, Aga Khan Gold Cup held in Dhaka.[5]

Personal life

Ali's brother, Isa Bakar, was a football player, also playing for Penang and Malaysia.[6]

Ali suffered a heart attack and died on the field while playing in a charity football match in Singapore on 16 August 2003.[7] His body was buried in Penang.[8] In 2004, he was inducted in Olympic Council of Malaysia's Hall of Fame for 1972 Summer Olympics football team.[9]

Honours

Penang

Malaysia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Malaysia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ↑ Malaysia - Munich 1972 - FIFA.com
  3. ↑ "Asian Games 1974"-RSSSF.
  4. ↑ Penang was once a feared football force. New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Aga Khan Gold Cup". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021.
  6. ↑ K. Suthakar (28 August 2010). "Former footballer Isa Bakar dies". The Star.
  7. ↑ "Former Malaysian striker dies during football match: Report". ABC News. 17 August 2003.
  8. ↑ "Former international Ali Bakar laid to rest - New Straits Times | HighBeam Research". 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST" (in Malay). OCM. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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