Razali Alias (17 September 1961 – 27 January 2012) was a Singaporean football player and coach.

Playing career

Club career

Razali started his career with the Singapore FA team in 1977. In 1981, along with Tohari bin Paijan, Razali was found guilty of accepting bribes to win or lose matches during the 10th Marah Halim tournament. In 1982, Razali was offered to join either

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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 ...

but declined both offers as he wished to be employed in Singapore and play for the Singapore national football team. However, Razali eventually joined Selangor FA after his National Football League club, Cairnhill FC, released him Razali would go on to help Selangor FA to win

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championship in 1982, 1984 and 1986. In the 1986 Malaysia Cup final, Razali scored the equalizing goal with a volley as Selangor came back from 1-0 deficit to win 6-1 against

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International career

Razali also has played for the Singapore national football team in the

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matches. He was later not selected for Singapore after acquiring Malaysian citizenship while playing for Selangor. Later in 1985

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invited Razali to join Malaysia national football team for the

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matches, based on his acquired citizenship. He made his debut in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates in March 1985 thus becoming the first

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player for Malaysia. However

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blocked Razali from playing for Malaysia as he has played for Singapore.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing, Razali worked as assistant coach for

from 2005 until 2007. He then coached Proton FC and

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in 2008 and 2009 respectively and served as general manager of

from 2010 until 2011.

Personal life

Razali is married to his longtime girlfriend Rosnah at the age of 24, and has five children in total. Two sons, Raqib and Wasim Akram, and 3 daughters, Raihan, Yasmin, and Siti Umairah. Only the youngest son, Wasim Akram, follows his footsteps in football. Razali died at the age of 51 on 27 January 2012 in Selayang Hospital, after suffering from Hepatitis B since 2008. Both

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and Football Association of Selangor, the only two teams Razali played for, placed obituaries on their websites.

Honours

Selangor

* Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 1: 1989, 1990 *

: 1982, 1984, 1986

Singapore U16

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: 1977

References

External links

Razali Alias dalam kenangan di SelangorFC.comATM Bariskan 12 Pemain Import Tempatan Hadapi Liga Perdana
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