Dato' Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin. Origin The oldes ...

Mohammed Bakar (or Mohamad Bakar) (25 June 1945 – 8 November 2020) was a Malaysian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He was also the flag bearer for Malaysia at the

1972 Summer 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. ...

Career

A teacher by profession (as Malaysia football is not professional in his time), Mohamed represented Penang FA during his football career. Mohamed competed for the Malaysia national team in the men's tournament at the

and came as substitute to replaced Shaharuddin Abdullah in the 3-0 won against United States. He was also in the

coaching staff The coaching staff is a group of non-athletes tied to a sports team. A coaching staff can be existent at all levels of athletics. It is led by a head coach (known as a manager or senior coach in some sports) and consists of one or more assistant c ...

when Malaysia qualified again for the 1980 Olympics, though the Olympics were later boycotted by Malaysia. He was earlier the team head coach when Malaysia won the

1979 Southeast Asian Games The 1979 Southeast Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1979), officially known as the 10th Southeast Asian Games, was a subcontinental multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 to 30 September 1979. This was the first ti ...

gold medal, but the

Football Association of Malaysia The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM, ms, Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia) is the national governing body of football in Malaysia responsible for organising the Malaysia national football team within the country. The Football Association of ...

recorded Karl-Heinz Weigang, who was then the national team advisor, as the winning head coach. Later, he was the Malaysia head coach for the ill-fated

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

in 1985. In 2004, he was inducted in Olympic Council of Malaysia's Hall of Fame for 1972 Summer Olympics football team and also awarded Maal Hijrah Sports Figure by Penang Malay Association. On 8 November 2020, Datuk Mohamad Bakar died at the Universiti Sains Malaysia Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (IPPT), Kepala Batas. He was 75.

Honours

; Player * Bronze medal

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

* Merdeka Cup: 1973, 1974 *

Burnley Cup Burnley Cup or Piala Razak is a defunct youth football competition for under-19 players in Malaysia. History On 25 January 1961, Mr.Choo Seng Quee, Malaya national football team coach departed to England to study football training techniques. Tha ...

: 1964/65 * Malaysia Kings Gold Cup: 1966, 1968, 1969 *

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: 1974 * Aga Khan Gold Cup: 1976 ;Coaching staff *Gold medal SEA Games:

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

;Head coach * Merdeka Cup: 1979 *Bronze medal SEA Games:

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

Orders

* ** Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (A.M.N.) (1978) ** MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN

Officer of the Order of the Defender of State (DSPN) – Dato’

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* {{Authority control 1945 births 2020 deaths Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Olympic footballers of Malaysia Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Association football wingers Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Asian Games medalists in football

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