Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Irfan Bakti bin Abu Salim | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1951[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Perak, Malaysia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1974 |
Kelantan FA | ||
| 1975–1977 |
ATM FA | ||
| International career | |||
| 1976 | Malaysia | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Malaysia (assistant) | ||
| 1996 | Malaysia Deaf national football team | ||
| 1996–1997 | Malaysia (assistant) | ||
| 1997 | Malaysia U23 | ||
| 1999–2000 |
Negeri Sembilan FA | ||
| 2001–2003 |
Penang FA | ||
| 2004–2007 |
Melaka TMFC | ||
| 2007 | Persipura Jayapura | ||
| 2008 |
Perlis FA | ||
| 2009–2011 |
Terengganu FA | ||
| 2012–2013 |
Selangor FA | ||
| 2013–2016 |
Felda United FC | ||
| 2017–2019 |
Terengganu FA | ||
| 2021-2023 | Kuching City F.C. | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Irfan Bakti Abu Salim is a Malaysian football coach, who last worked as head coach of the Malaysia Premier League club Kuching City.
Playing career
He had played with
Coaching career
Beginnings
He spent most of his early coaching days as a coach with the
He was the head coach ofFelda
Irfan was unveiled as new coach of
With Felda, he guided them to the
In 2015, Felda finished the season in 5th placed and make it to semi final of Malaysia cup.
In 2016, Felda ended the season as runners-up, their best position ever since inception. But Irfan left the team at the end of the season to take the head coach position of Terengganu for the second time.
Terengganu
Irfan was tasked to bring back Terengganu[9] to their glory days after number of coached comes in comes out end up with poor tactical, bad result cost the team relegation to premier league. Their best achievement was when Irfan was their head coach by winning the 2011 FA cup, super league & Malaysia cup runners up in 1 single season. On 20 October 2018, he managed to bring Terengganu advance to the 2018 Malaysia Cup final when Terengganu beaten heavily favourite Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) with 3–2 score aggregate but loss to Perak in penalty shootout (4-1).
Achievement
As a Player
Kelantan FA
- FAM Cup
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- 1971(Runner-up), 1972 (Runner-up)
- Kings Gold Cup
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- 1972, 1973 (Runner-up)
As a Coach
Malaysia U23
- Bangabandhu Cup
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- 1997[1]
Penang FA
- FA Cup Malaysia
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- 2000(Runner-up),2002
- Malaysia Charity Shield
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- 2003
- Malaysia Super League
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- 2000(Runner-up),2001
Perlis FA
- Malaysia Charity Shield
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- 2008
Terengganu FA
- FA Cup Malaysia
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- 2011
- Malaysia Cup
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- 2011(Runner-up) & 2018(Runner-up)
- 2011(Runner-up)
Felda United F.C.
- Malaysia Premier League
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- 2014(Runner-up)
- FA Cup Malaysia
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- 2014(Runner-up)
- Malaysia Super League
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- 2016(Runner-up)
Individual
- Best Coach: 2011
References
- ^ a b c "Cukup sekadar pasukan kelab, negeri - Irfan Bakti" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Sertaan Malaysia dim Piala Asia bagai 'mimpi tiba2 jadi kenjataan'". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
- ^ "Irfan Bakti to coach Terengganu next season". besonline. 20 November 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ "Irfan Bakti Has High Hopes For Terengganu". BNet Source: Bernama; Malaysian National News Agency. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ "Irfan Bakti resigns as Selangor head coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Irfan's target: Felda promotion to Super League - Football | The Star Online". Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- ^ Krishnan, Gowri (19 May 2017). "#Throwback Piala FA 2014: Pahang 2-1 Felda United".
- ^ Harian, Sinar (26 December 2018). "Nasional". Sinarharian.
- ^ Bakar, Baharom (17 October 2016). "Irfan Bakti sah milik Terengganu". Berita Harian.
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