Ahmad Basri Akil

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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
    Baling
    District 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 Muda
    District Officer (13 June 1982)
  • Kota Setar
    District 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 League
    and 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

  1. ^ Kedah Football Supremo Ahmad Basri Dies July 15, 2008, Bernama
  2. ^ DABA sukar dicari ganti June 28, 2020, Sinar Harian (In Malay).
  3. ^ Ahmad Basri inspirasi logo baru Kedah December 16, 2020, Utusan Malaysia (In Malay).