Raja Isa bin Raja Akram Shah, better known as Raja Isa (born 1 February 1966) is a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

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 ...

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

. He is well known in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, where has coached several teams in top divisions. He most recently served as the head coach of

Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...

club

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC ( bn, মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সংসদ ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club is nicknamed The Freedom Fighters. It competes i ...

Career

As a coach

Raja Isa started coaching for

Selangor FA Selangor Football Club (Malay: ''Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor''), commonly referred to as Selangor F.C. is a Malaysian professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, that currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the ...

youth teams, but was brought to Indonesia as part of Irfan Bakti coaching staff at

Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesian football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2. Persipura used to always use the Mandala Stadium as their hom ...

in 2007. Raja Isa and Irfan had worked together before at

Melaka TMFC Telekom Malaysia Football Club or commonly known as TMFC is a now defunct Malaysian football club, which originated from Malacca until the club moved their base to Kuala Lumpur on their last season. The club's final home ground was the 25,000 c ...

, as assistant head coach and head coach respectively. When Irfan returned to Malaysia later that year to coach

Perlis FA Perlis FA State Football Team ( ms, Pasukan Bola Sepak Negeri Perlis), also known as Perlis FA, is a football team based in Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia which is run and managed by the Perlis Football Association (PFA). The team was founded in 1963 ...

, Raja Isa was promoted to the head coach position. He guided Persipura to the 2007 Copa Indonesia Final, where his team was beaten 3-0 on penalties to

Sriwijaya FC Sriwijaya Football Club, commonly known as Sriwijaya riwiˈdʒajaor SFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Palembang, South Sumatra, that competes in the Liga 2, the second tier of Indonesian football. The club was founded o ...

after 1-1 on normal regulation time. In 2008, after he was released by Persipura, Raja Isa was appointed as the head coach of

PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar'; abbreviated as PSM) is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , making it the oldest ...

. Early in 2009, Raja Isa was appointed at another club in Indonesia,

Persiram Raja Ampat Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Raja Ampat, commonly known as Persiram Raja Ampat, or Persiram, was an Indonesian professional football club based in Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua. They last competed in the Indonesia Super League before being ...

. He also had a stint in

PSMS Medan Persatuan Sepakbola Medan dan Sekitarnya, commonly known as PSMS, is an Indonesian Association football, football club based in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of Indonesia's most successful clubs. They currently compete in Liga 2 (In ...

from 2011 to 2012. In April 2013, he was named as new head coach of

Persijap Jepara Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian football club based in Jepara, Central Java. After winning 2019 Liga 3, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is ''Laskar Kalinyamat'' (Kalinyamat Warriors) and ' ...

. He holds this position until his contract was terminated in May 2014.

External links

Raja Isa : Jurulatih Kelab Bola Sepak Indonesia dari Malaysia

References

1966 births Malaysian football managers Malaysian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh Malaysian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Living people Persipura Jayapura managers PSM Makassar managers Indonesia Super League managers Liga 2 (Indonesia) managers Bangladesh Premier League (football) managers {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub