Ahmad Basri Akil
Kedah FA and the Malaysia national football team |
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Kedah FA and for the Malaysia national football team
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Biography
Born in
1989 SEA Games when he led the national team for winning SEA Games Gold Medal and Kedah manager from 1986 till 1996 and 2006-2007. He was suspended again by FAM in 2007 for another three years when he criticised FAM again for failing to develop Malaysian football at national level.[1]
He was buried at the Alor Merah Muslim Cemetery.
Careers
Kedah Administrative and Kedah Civil Servant
- Kedah Cadet Administrative Service (12 January 1959)
- Assistance Land Officer (14 Mei 1959)
- Assistance BalingDistrict Officer (Land) (15 September 1959)
- Assistance Kubang Pasu District Officer (6 January 1962)
- Assistance Langkawi District Officer (1 February 1964)
- Assistance Land and Mineral Commissioner (4 January 1967)
- Secretary of Kedah Menteri Besar (3 May 1969)
- Assistance Kedah State Secretary (Local Government)(5 September 1970)
- Acting Langkawi District Officer (1 January 1971)
- Acting Sungai Petani Municipal Council Chancellor (1 January 1974)
- Deputy Director of Kedah Land and Mineral (9 September 1976)
- Kedah Treasurer (19 March 1977)
- Deputy of Kedah State Secretary (17 December 1978)
- Acting Kedah State Finance Officer (25 September 1980)
- Kuala MudaDistrict Officer (13 June 1982)
- Kota SetarDistrict Officer (1 January 1984)
- Director of Kedah Land and Mineral (1 March 1986)
- Kedah State Finance Officer (3 November 1989)
- Kedah State Secretary (28 August 1992)
Football
- Manager for Kedah football team (Kedah FA) (1986–1996)
- Malaysia national football team Manager for SEA games (1989)
- Deputy President for Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) (1994–1998)[2]
- Wrote the lyrics for Kedah football anthem - "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan"
Others
- President of Kedah Art's Associates (Angkatan Pelukis Kedah)
- President of Kedah's Malaysian Red Crescent Society(Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia)
- Former President of Kedah Camera Club (Kelab Kamera Kedah-KCC)
Achievements
- 1989 - Managed Malaysia national football team to swoop Gold Medal in SEA games
- 1990 - Managed Kedah for the 1st time to clinch Malaysia Cup title
- 1993 - Managed Kedah to win double of Division 1/Premier 1/Super Leagueand Malaysia Cup
- 1996 - Managed Kedah to sweep the Malaysia FA Cup, the only title of the Malaysian football that Kedah had never won
- Person who idealized the identity of Kedah football with the green and yellow as the tradition colours
- Who creates the current Kedah FA crest and its motto, "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan" (Let's Our Contribution Be Remembered)[3]
- Wrote the lyrics for Kedah football anthem - "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan"
References
- ^ Kedah Football Supremo Ahmad Basri Dies July 15, 2008, Bernama
- ^ DABA sukar dicari ganti June 28, 2020, Sinar Harian (In Malay).
- ^ Ahmad Basri inspirasi logo baru Kedah December 16, 2020, Utusan Malaysia (In Malay).