Abdul Hadi bin Abdul Hamid @ Hamid (born 25 February 1987,

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who last plays for

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Club career

Hadi, who is a football silver medalist of

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2006 has been promoted to the senior squad after Kedah coach Azraai Khor brought him in as backup for current number one goalkeeper Helmi Eliza. Azraai was forced to bring another goalkeeper after

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left the club to join

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. He also a former member of Malaysia U-20 squad in 2005 until 2006. A long time admirer of

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character made his first team debut for Kedah in a

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match against

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on 3 January 2007 after Helmi Eliza has been sent off which Kedah won the match with 4–3 result at their own ground, Darulaman Stadium.

Kedah FA Coaching Career

On 28 November 2019, following his retirement on football career, Hadi due to joining Kedah FA coaching team management and he was appointed as assistant goalkeeping coach for 2020 Malaysia Super League seasons.

International career

For international appearance, Hadi earned his first call-up in 2005 to the Malaysia U-20 squad alongside

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and became a first choice goalkeeper of K. Rajagopal's side. He made his full major international debut in

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qualifying round on 12 December 2005 against

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as Malaysia beat Myanmar 4–2.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Kedah *

(2): 2006–2007, 2007–2008 *

FA Cup Malaysia The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before being transferred to ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

(2): 2005–06,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

Malaysia Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

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*{{soccerway, abdul-hadi-abdul-hamid/70117 1987 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Footballers from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Men's association football goalkeepers