Ali Bakar
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 November 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Malaysia | ||
Date of death | 9 August 2003 | (aged 55)||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Retired | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Penang FA | |||
International career | |||
1970s | Malaysia | 45 | (27) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2013 |
Ali Bakar (18 November 1947 – 9 August 2003) was a football player who represented the Malaysian national football team in the 1970s. He played for Penang FA in Malaysia's domestic competition.
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. Also in 1974, he was part of the Malaysia Cup-winning Penang side. After two years, he also helped Penang side to win the international tournament, Aga Khan Gold Cup held in Dhaka.
Ali suffered a heart attack and died on the field while playing in a charity football match in Singapore in 2003.[1] His body was buried in Penang.[2]
His brother Isa Bakar was also a football player, also playing for Penang and Malaysia.[3]
See also
List of association footballers who died while playing
References
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-08-17/former-malaysian-striker-dies-during-football/1466120
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ K. Suthakar (28 August 2010). "Former footballer Isa Bakar dies". The Star.
External links
- 1947 births
- 2003 deaths
- Malaysian footballers
- Malaysia international footballers
- People from Penang
- Penang FA players
- Olympic footballers of Malaysia
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- 1976 AFC Asian Cup players
- Association football players who died while playing
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Association football forwards
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Malaysian football biography stubs