Bakri Ibni (born 25 August 1952) is a Malaysian former

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player who represented the Malaysian national football team in the 1970s - 1980s.

Career Overview

He played for Perlis FA in Malaysia's domestic competition until 1984 and joined Selangor club Talasco to unite with legendary national striker Mokhtar Dahari. With Talasco, he won Selangor Dunhill Cup and reached Semi-final Malaysia FAM Cup. As a national player, Bakri scored 16 international goals in 63 appearances for Malaysia. A midfielder, Bakri was in the Malaysia squad that qualified for the

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football competition (though later Malaysia boycotted the Games). He scored one of the two goals in the 2-1 win over South Korea that decided the qualifiers for the Olympics, the other goal was scored by James Wong. In

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, Bakri represented Malaysia in the

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in Kuwait. Bakri also represented Malaysia in other competitions, winning the 1979 Merdeka Cup and 1978

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. On 26 November 1977, He was also in the national squads that won gold medals in the regional SEA Games. From 1981-1983, Bakri had coached Perlis FA while he was still playing for them. He later returned to coach them again in the 1990s. Bakri has also coached Bank Rakyat football team in the local inter-bank championship, JKR Perlis, and as assistant head coach to Malaysia national team coach Rahim Abdullah in 1991. In 2020,

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had selected him on their list of The best Malaysia XI of all time.

Honours

;Perlis * Malaysia Kings Gold Cup: runners-up 1974, 1977 ;Malaysia * SEA Games: 1977 *

: 1978 * Merdeka Cup: 1979

References

1952 births Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers 1980 AFC Asian Cup players People from Perlis Perlis F.A. players Living people SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Men's association football midfielders Competitors at the 1977 SEA Games Competitors at the 1979 SEA Games {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub