Raja Isa bin Raja Akram Shah, better known as Raja Isa (born 1 February 1966) is a
Malaysian
football
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head coach. He is well known in
Indonesia, where has coached several teams in top divisions. He most recently served as the head coach of
Bangladesh Premier League
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club
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC.
Career
As a coach
Raja Isa started coaching for
Selangor FA
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youth teams, but was brought to Indonesia as part of
Irfan Bakti coaching staff at
Persipura Jayapura in 2007. Raja Isa and Irfan had worked together before at
Melaka TMFC, as assistant head coach and head coach respectively. When Irfan returned to Malaysia later that year to coach
Perlis FA, 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
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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. Early in 2009, Raja Isa was appointed at another club in Indonesia,
Persiram Raja Ampat. He also had a stint in
PSMS Medan from 2011 to 2012.
In April 2013, he was named as new head coach of
Persijap Jepara
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. He holds this position until his contract was terminated in May 2014.
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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
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