V. Krishnasamy (13 January 1948 – 2 August 2020) was a Malaysian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. A prison officer by profession (as Malaysia football is not professional at his time), Krishnasamy represented Prison Department, Penang FA and Perak FA during his football career. He also played for Malaysia national team, and competed in the men's tournament at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. In 2004, he was inducted in

Olympic Council of Malaysia Olympic Council of Malaysia, or commonly OCM or MOM, ( ms, Majlis Olimpik Malaysia, IOC code: MAS) is the National Olympic Committee representing Malaysia. It is also the body responsible for Malaysia's representation at the Commonwealth Games. H ...

's Hall of Fame for 1972 Summer Olympics football team.

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1948 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 Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Men's association football midfielders Prison officers {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub