Muhamad Radhi bin Mat Din (born 17 July 1965) is a Malaysian football coach, former

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 ...

, and politician.

Football career

He spent his entire career by playing in midfield for

Kedah FA Kedah Darul Aman Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Kedah Darul Aman) is a football club based in Alor Setar, Kedah, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They are the only team in the history of Malaysian football to have won two tr ...

, where he was also the longest serving captain in club history starting from 1991 to 2000. Radhi made his debut in 1986 and cemented his place in the first team in the 1987 season, succeeding Lee Kin Hong as Kedah team captain in 1991. Radhi was an integral part in the golden era of the Darul Aman based club during the 1980s and 1990s where Kedah reached the

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 ...

final matches for seven times from 1987 to 1993. He collected two Malaysia Cup winners medal in 1990 and 1993; Division 1 title in 1993; and FA Cup in 1996. After Kedah won the League and FA Cup championship in 1993, Radhi was honoured with the Malaysian Best Player. Radhi had a good goal-scoring record, tackle, corner-kick taker and pass well. He represented Malaysia for about four years from 1989 to 1993. Radhi also known by the nickname "Captain Marvel" among Kedah fans during his playing careers with his similar characters of English former footballer Bryan Robson. Radhi played for the Malaysia national football team at the

1989 Sea Games The 1989 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 1989), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was of ...

and won gold medal. After his playing career ended, he was employed by Kedah, serving as their second tactician behind Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah alongside his former teammate and Kedah legendary goalkeeper Ahmad Sabri Ismail which three of them generated Kedah to clinched the double treble titles in 2006/07 and 2007/08 M.League seasons.

Political career

On 14 April 2018, Radhi was announced as a candidate of Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) for the federal constituency of Pokok Sena, Kedah in the 2018 Malaysia general election. In the election, Radhi garnered 23401 votes and was defeated by the incumbent

Mahfuz Omar Mahfuz bin Omar ( Jawi: محفوظ بن عمر; born 25 August 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and forme ...

from

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(AMANAH) of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by majority of 5558 votes.

Election results

References

1965 births Living people People from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games Association football midfielders Malaysian sportsperson-politicians Malaysian Islamic Party politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub