Mohamed Razip bin Ismail or popularly known as Razip Ismail (born 23 April 1962) is a

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n former

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player and coach. His preferred playing position is as a defender. His last job was as the manager of MOF FC in 2018.

Career as player

He formerly played for

Kuala Lumpur FA Kuala Lumpur City Football Club, known simply as KL City FC, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuala Lumpur. The club competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top level of Malaysian football, and was founded in 1974 as Feder ...

from 1979 to 1994. He was in the Kuala Lumpur team that won

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three times in a row (1987, 1988, 1989),

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two times in a row (1993, 1994) and the league championship (1986, 1988). Razip also played for

in international tournaments. He was part of the team that clinched the football gold medal for Malaysia in 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 ...

held in Kuala Lumpur.

Career as coach

Razip coached his former team

from 2008 until 2012. During that time Kuala Lumpur were promoted to the

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...

in 2009 before being relegated to the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

in 2012. He took over as head coach of

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, who were playing in the Singapore's

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, from Ismail Ibrahim in 2013, on a 2-year contract. With the team, he won plate winner

2013 Singapore League Cup The 2013 Singapore League Cup (known as the Starhub League Cup for sponsorship purposes) is a cup competition played in the month of June 2013. The draw for the Cup was held on Sunday, 12 May 2013 at the Football Association of Singapore's headq ...

. On February 8, 2015, Razip won his first ever international tournament as coach after beating Bangladesh 3-2 in

Bangabandhu Cup The Bangabandhu Cup, also known as the Bangabandhu Gold Cup, is an international football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is the founding father of Bangladesh ...

final, awarding the Malaysia U-22 squad the cup. On 17 March 2016, Razip was appointed head coach of Pahang FC. His contract was not renewed at the end of the 2016 season. Razip next was announced as the new head coach of

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 ...

for their

2017 Malaysia Premier League The 2017 Liga Premier ( en, 2017 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay ...

season. But, on 6 March 2017, he quits as

head coach, his team rooted to the bottom of the league. On December 2017, Razip was announced as

MOF F.C. The Ministry of Finance Football Club is a professional football club based in Putrajaya, Malaysia. They currently play in the third-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia FAM League. The football team is managed under the sports and ...

head coach for their

2018 Malaysia FAM Cup The 2018 Malaysia FAM League was the 67th season of the Malaysia FAM League since its establishment in 1952. The season started on 25 February 2018 and concluded on 6 September 2018. Sime Darby were the defending champions. The season marked the c ...

season.

References

{{Pahang FA head coaches 1962 births Living people Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Malaysian football managers People from Selangor Association football defenders Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Sri Pahang FC managers Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City F.C. managers