Megat Amir Faisal Al Khalidi bin Ibrahim (born 27 September 1978) is a

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who is a former

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player and now he is a professional coach. He has coached Harimau Muda U23 and Malaysia Team U23 to national level in 2015 and 2016. He has also coached Felcra and Kedah. He is the current First Team Goalkeeper Coach for PJ City FC. He holds AFC Goalkeeping Coaching Certificate Level 3. His preferred playing position is as a

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Career

The Penang-born goalkeeper began his career with Penang youth team and later picked as one of the national Olympic 2000 team goalkeeper playing in

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for 1999 season. After his national team stint ended, he returned to Penang and become the understudy of the main goalkeeper Zamri Mat Ariff. After Zamri departure to

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 ...

, he was given a nod as main senior team goalkeeper until he signed with Kedah in 2005. He became a cult figure with Kedah due to his performances with them. Other club noticed his performances with

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, leading to Megat joining

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

for a two-season contract in 2006. He was released by Selangor with a few other senior players in a clean out following a very poor season for Selangor in 2008. He had trial with Perak FA and later signed with them after Perak FA lost two of their experienced goalkeepers,

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and Mohd Nasril Nourdin to Selangor for 2009 season. After being released from Perak, he returned to his hometown to join

Penang FA Penang Football Club (or simply known as Penang FC) is a Malaysian professional football club based in George Town, Penang, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. Unofficially founded in 1920, officially as Football Association of Penang ...

for Malaysia Premier League 2011 season. In 2012, he joined another Penang outfit

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who plays in the

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for the first time. Megat was part of the Malaysia squad at the

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. He also participated at the 2004 Malaysia Cup where his team lost 1–0.

Honours

Penang FA

* Malaysia Premier 1 League: 1998, 2001 *

Malaysia FA Cup 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 Fo ...

: 2002 *

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 ...

: 2003

Kedah FA

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: 2005-06

References

External links

Biodata at selangorfc.com
{{in lang, ms 1978 births Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Living people People from Penang Penang F.C. players Selangor FA players Perak F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Association football goalkeepers