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M. Karathu (born 23 February 1943) is a Malaysian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and former player.

Career as player

He was a former player for Perak FA in the 1960s to 1970s and won two

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 ...

. He also has played for Malaysia national football team.

Career as coach

He started his coaching career in 1971, winning Burnley Cup (the precursor to Razak Cup) with

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

under-20 team. He also has coached the

Kinta Indian Association Kinta may refer to: * Kinta District The Kinta District is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It contains the state capital Ipoh. History Kinta District was once famous for its tin, being one of the major tin producers in the 18th century. Administ ...

(KIA) team in the

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. Karathu have been at the helm of Negeri Sembilan FA, Perak FA in three stints,

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, winning 1991 TAAN Cup invitation tournament in Nepal with Malaysia B team,

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in Singapore, and

Sri Lanka national football team The Sri Lanka national football team ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி) represents Sri Lanka in Association football an ...

. By coaching

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, he was one of a few Malaysians to coach a foreign national team. As head coach, his success at club level includes winning the first ever FA Cup for Perak over the fancied Selangor team in 1990. In 2001, he coached

to the finals of the

. He also guided Kelantan to the semi-finals of

in 1993. In 2011, he guided Kelantan to win the

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title and

2011 Super League Malaysia The 2011 Liga Super Malaysia ( en, 2011 Malaysia Super League) is the eighth season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2011.html 2011 Liga Super The season was he ...

championship. Karathu resigned as head coach of Kelantan, ending his second spell with the East Coast team in 2011, after failing to defend their 2010

title by losing to Terengganu FA in the quarter-finals of the

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tournament. In December 2014, Karathu returned for the fourth time to coach Perak after the previous coach Vjeran Simunic was sacked less than 2 months after taking charge. Under his guidance Perak were briefly topping the league in the early stages, but after poor performances in the later stages of the league, Karathu was relieved of his position in early August 2015.

References

External links

* http://theredchannel.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=18:profil-m-karathu&Itemid=80 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110816140139/http://football.thestar.com.my/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F1%2F28%2Ffootball_latest%2F7886222&sec=football_latest {{DEFAULTSORT:Karathu, M. 1943 births Living people Malaysian football managers Perak F.C. players Singapore Premier League head coaches Woodlands Wellington FC head coaches Expatriate football managers in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka national football team managers Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Perak F.C. managers Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Association footballers not categorized by position