Reduan Abdullah is a retired

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player, and a current coach for

UiTM FC UiTM Football Club is a Malaysian professional football club based in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The club plays in the Malaysia Super League. Founded in 2008, their home ground is 10,000-seater UiTM Stadium. The club widely known as The Lio ...

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. As a player, Reduan played as a midfielder, and closely associated with

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 ...

team in the

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competition in the 1970s and early 1980s. He won 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1984

. During that period, Reduan also played for

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, participating in several tournaments, including

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and

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. On 26 November 1977, He also a part of the Malaysian player that winning gold medals in the regional

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. In 1982, He was selected in AFC Asian All Stars. After his playing day ended, Reduan turned into coaching and his early coaching years saw him as assistant coach for Selangor in the 1987 Malaysia Cup season. Reduan later took charge of

MPPJ FC Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya Football Club, or Petaling Jaya Municipal Council Football Club, commonly known as MPPJ FC, is a now defunct Malaysian football club, which was based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The club's home ground was the 25 ...

, a team in the

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, in late 1990s. With the club gradually made way to the second-tier Malaysia Premier League II, Reduan was replaced by

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in mid-2003, who later guided the team to the 2003 Malaysia Cup victory. Reduan was back as coach of MPPJ FC in early 2005 replacing Dollah, but later was replaced again in mid-2005, this time with German coach

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Felda United FC Felda United Football Club is a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang which is owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (Felda).

was the next club Reduan coached, appointed in 2006. Reduan succeeded in getting the newly created club promoted from the FAM League to the

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and achieving sixth place in their maiden season of the Premier League. However Reduan courted controversy in 2009 when he was slapped with a 12-month ban and fined by

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for his criticism of the governing body. Felda United sacked him as a result of the ban. He briefly managed

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in 2010, taking over from Mohammad Bakar. After a spell in the media as football pundit for terrestrial (RTM) and satellite television (Astro), Reduan was appointed by

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 ...

as their new head coach in early 2014. On July the same year, Reduan was appointed as assistant manager of Malaysia national team, working with head coach

When Dollah was sacked in 2015, Reduan were also released from his job. He later coached youth teams in

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) ( ms, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opene ...

, and leading its U-17 team to win the

2016 Piala Belia The 2016 Piala Belia ( en, Youth Cup) is the Sixth season of the Piala Belia since its establishment in 2008. The league is currently the youth level (U19) football league in Malaysia. Selangor FA are the defending champions. Teams The following ...

.Gagal jaringkan gol Selangor terlepas Piala Belia 2016 - Stadium Astro
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1952 births Living people Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers People from Selangor Selangor FA players Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Association football midfielders Competitors at the 1973 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub