Chow Kwai Lam
Personal information | ||||||||
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Date of birth | [1][unreliable source?] | 26 August 1942|||||||
Place of birth | Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States | |||||||
Date of death | 16 July 2018 | (aged 75)|||||||
Place of death |
Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia | |||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
Negeri Sembilan | ||||||||
Selangor | ||||||||
International career | ||||||||
1965–1971 | Malaysia | |||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||
1978 | Malaysia | |||||||
1979–1983 |
Selangor | |||||||
1984 | Sarawak | |||||||
1987–1989 |
Kuala Lumpur | |||||||
1990–1991 | Malaysia U-23 | |||||||
1992 |
Kuala Lumpur | |||||||
1995–1998 |
Kuala Lumpur | |||||||
1999 |
Perak | |||||||
2002–2003 |
Tampines Rovers | |||||||
2004–2005 |
Paya Lebar Punggol | |||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Chow Kwai Lam (26 August 1942 – 16 July 2018) was a Malaysian football player and coach.
Playing career
Chow played for
Coaching career
After the 1978 Malaysia coaching stint, Chow coached his former team
He won 6 more Malaysia Cups as coach (3 with Selangor and 3 in a row with Kuala Lumpur) in addition of 1 Charity Shield and 1 League championship, both also with Kuala Lumpur.[1] He also won the 2002 Singapore Cup with Tampines Rovers in Singapore.[5]
He was known in his coaching days as a 'firebrand' and 'fierce coach'.[6]
Match-fixing scandal
Chow was fined $50,000 and received a lifetime ban from football in Singapore and Malaysia for attempting to bribe his player, Zulkifli Zainolabidin who is a goalkeeper, to let the opposition score two or three goals in a 2005 S.League match. Zulkifli Zainolabidin is a former police officer and said that it had been a mistake to attempt to bribe him.
Death and legacy
Chow died on 16 July 2018 in Ampang Hospital,
References
- ^ a b c d Tony Mariadass (16 July 2018). "Kwai Lam still walking tall - RIP PEACE KWAI LAM". Level-field.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "大馬足壇傳奇 周貴林逝世". China Press. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Malaysian footballer Chow Kwai Lam passes away aged 76". The Star. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Kwai Lam guilty of attempted match-fixing in S'pore". The Sun. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Tampines' 2002 Singapore Cup winners: Where Are They Now?". FourFourTwo. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Suresh Nair (16 July 2018). "RIP: 'Firebrand' coach Kwai Lam". Sports247.my. Retrieved 16 July 2018.