Salleh Ibrahim (15 October 1947 – 8 March 2020) was a Malaysian

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by profession (as Malaysian football was not professional in his time), Salleh represented Prison Department, Kelantan FA, Perak FA and Singapore FA during his football career. He also played for Malaysian national team, and competed in the men's tournament at the

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, scoring in the 3–0 win against the United States in the group stage. In 2004, he was inducted in Olympic Council of Malaysia's Hall of Fame for 1972 Summer Olympics football team.

Honours

;Singapore *

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: 1965

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* 1947 births 2020 deaths Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Malaysia Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Men's association football forwards Footballers from Kelantan {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub