Abdul Rahman Ibrahim

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Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
Personal information
Full name Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim
Date of birth (1946-04-13) 13 April 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Terengganu, Malaysia
Managerial career
Years Team
1983–1984
Terengganu
1987 Malaysia
1996–1997
Perlis FA
1998
Terengganu
1998–2000 Malaysia
2001–2002
Selangor FA
2004 Kelantan TNB FC
2005–2007
Perlis FA
2008
Deltras FC
2009–2013
PKNS FC
2014–2015
Terengganu

Abdul Rahman Ibrahim (born 13 April 1946) is a Malaysian football coach and a former football player.

Career

Beginning

Forced to stop his playing career at the age of 20 due to injuries, he turned to coaching and had his first assignment as coach of

Malaysia President Cup
) in 1974.

In 1976, Abdul Rahman was appointed the assistant coach for

King's Cup
tournament.

Terengganu

In 1983, he returned to Terengganu to become the new head coach. He inherited a team that was a finalist in the previous years' Malaysia Cup.

Second stint with the national team

He returned to Malaysia national team setup in 1984, again as assistant coach. In 1987, he had his first spell as head coach of Malaysia as he led the team to silver medal of

1987 Southeast Asian Games
football competition.

He then returned to Terengganu in 1988 to begin an 8-year spell as general manager of Terengganu FA football team.

Perlis

Perlis FA
appointed Abdul Rahman in 1996 as head coach, marking his return to the touchline. He guided Perlis to the quarter-final of 1996 Malaysia Cup, then goes one better in 1997 as Perlis reaches semi-final of Malaysia Cup that year.

Terengganu again

He returned to Terengganu in 1998 to become head coach for the second time. He led them to 1998 Malaysia Cup finals, their first appearance in the finals since 1982, where they were runners-up again.

Third stint with the national team

Abdul Rahman was appointed in October 1998 to succeed

1999 Southeast Asian Games football competition and failed to qualify for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon. He leaves his post after the 2000 Tiger Cup, succeeded by Allan Harris
.

Selangor, Kelantan TNB and second stint with Perlis

He were signed by

Selangor FA in 2001 as head coach, guiding them to Malaysia FA Cup title in 2001.[2] After his contract were ended in June 2002, he were back in Terengganu as director of football in 2003. Abdul Rahamn returned to coaching in 2004, taking the helm of club side Kelantan TNB FC
.

He returned to Perlis in 2005. He was successful during his second spell as Perlis coach, winning

2005 Super League Malaysia
, 2006 Malaysia Cup, 2007 Malaysia Charity Shield, as well as 2005 Malaysia Cup runners-up, and two-times FA Cup runners-up in 2006 and 2007.

Foreign sojourn with Deltras

Abdul Rahman signed for

Deltras Sidoarjo in early 2008.[3]

PKNS FC, and third time with Terengganu

He returned to Malaysia and signed for

2012 Super League Malaysia
. Abdul Rahman successfully maintained the club in the Super League for two seasons, and also guided the club to the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals for two seasons in a row.

At the end of 2013 season, Abdul Rahman accepted Terengganu's offer to become their head coach once more, starting from 2014 Malaysia Super League season.[4] He relinquished his post in May 2015, after a poor run in the league and issues with the team management.[5][6]

He has yet to return to football coaching after leaving Terengganu.

References

  1. ^ Abd. Rahman dipilih Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Utusan Malaysia, 16 October 1998
  2. ^ "Statistik: Kenali 5 Ketua Jurulatih Paling Berjaya Di Liga-M Sejak 1994" (in Malay). Axello.net. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Abdul Rahman Ibrahim pelatih baru Deltras [permanent dead link] 7 May 2008
  4. ^ Joseph Kaos Jr. (9 October 2013). "Abdul Rahman going home to coach Terengganu". The Star. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Coach Abdul Rahman 'takes a break' from Terengganu | Goal.com".
  6. ^ "Football: Terengganu football coach leaves by mutual consent | The Star".

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