Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abd Mohd Khalid Bin Mohd Ali | ||
Date of birth | 1 May 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Ampang, Federation of Malaya | ||
Date of death | 6 February 2024 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | University of Malaya Medical Centre | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Right back Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1976–1980 | Selangor FA | ||
1981–1982 | Kuala Lumpur FA | ||
1983–1985 | Selangor FA | ||
International career | |||
1976–1983 | Malaysia | (8) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abd Mohd Khalid Mohd Ali (عبد محمد خالد بن محمد علي, IPA: [abdul mohd khalɪd bɪn mohd alɪ]; 1 May 1957 – 6 February 2024), better known as Khalid Ali, was a Malaysian footballer who played for Selangor FA and Kuala Lumpur as a right back and defensive midfielder in the late 1970s and in the 1980s. [1] He was also a football critic. [2]
Khalid Ali played for Malaysia from 1976 to 1983. [3] He made his debut in the 1976 President's Cup in Korea. [3] He was brought into the senior team by Karl-Heinz Weigang. He was a key player to the Malaysian team who qualified to the 1980 Olympic games Moscow which Malaysia boycotted. [4] He also scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win against Indonesia in the qualifying round for the 1980 Olympics. [3] Malaysia won the play-off against South Korea with a 2–1 score in the Merdeka Stadium. He made his last appearances for Malaysia at the 1983 Southeast Asian Games. [3]
His younger brother, Zainal Abidin Hassan, also played football professionally, winning six Malaysia Cups and four league titles with Selangor and Pahang. [5]
Khalid Ali died from lung cancer on 6 February 2024, at the age of 66. [6]
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