Bahwandi a/l Hiralal (born 1 June 1951) is a former

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player. In 2004, he was inducted in

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's Hall of Fame for 1972 Summer Olympics football team.

Career

A defender, Bahwandi played for

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tournament in the late 60s and early 70s. He also played for the

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, and was in the team that qualified to the

1972 Munich Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

football competition. In the finals, Bahwandi played one group games, against

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. Bahwandi also played in the

1970 Asian Games The 6th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.- - Seoul, South Korea, had been selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea. (T ...

in Bangkok, as well as winning silver medal in the 1971 SEAP Games. In coaching, Bahwandi has coached the

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football team in the 1990s, and the Malaysia national futsal team from late 1990s to early 2000s. Later, he was the president of The Ex-State and Ex-National Footballers Association of Malaysia. Bahwandi also played

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, and was captaining Malaysia youth team from 1969 to 1971. A

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by profession, his last rank before retiring from

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was Deputy Superintendent.

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* Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Olympic footballers of Malaysia Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people 1951 births Selangor FA players Association football defenders {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub