Zainal Abidin Hassan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zainal Abidin Hassan Bin Ali | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Selangor, Malaysia | ||
| Playing position | Defender, Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Penang FA (Head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980 – 1982 | Selangor FA | 41 | (21) |
| 1983 – 1984 | Pahang FA | 22 | (13) |
| 1985 – 1990 | Selangor FA | 129 | (97) |
| 1991 – 1996 | Pahang FA | 130 | (55) |
| 1997 – 1999 | Selangor FA | 45 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1984 – 1996 | Malaysia | 138 | (78) |
| 1996 | Malaysia futsal | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001 | Malaysia U-17 | ||
| 2004 – 2006 | Pahang FA (coach) | ||
| 2006 – 2008 | Pahang FA (manager) | ||
| 2009 – 2010 | Kuantan Port-Shahzan Muda FC (manager) | ||
| 2011 – 2013 | Pahang FA (manager) | ||
| 2013 – 2014 | Pahang FA (assistant head coach) | ||
| 2014 – 2015 | Pahang FA (head coach) | ||
| 2016 | Selangor FA (head coach) | ||
| 2017 – | Penang FA | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2012 |
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Zainal Abidin Hassan bin Ali (born 9 November 1961) is a former Malaysian footballer.
Zainal is well known as the best Malaysian footballer in the 80's and 90's. His football career started with Selangor FA in 1980. He played along with Malaysian legendary striker the late Mokhtar Dahari, R Arumugam, Soh Chin Aun and other recognised faces in Malaysian football.
In 1987, he partnered Dollah Salleh in front as they became the fierce striker for Selangor FA and Pahang FA in Malaysia Cup and also the national team in SEA Games and Merdeka Tournament. In 1996 Tiger Cup, Zainal was awarded as the MVP of the tournament. Three years later he was awarded the AFC Century Award.
He also played for Malaysia national futsal team, and was in the squad that took part in the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Spain.
He retired from football in 1999 and selected to coach the Malaysian youth in 2001. In 2002 he selected as the assistant coach for Malaysia senior team. He later coached Pahang FA and brought them their first Malaysia Super League title. In 2006 he guided Pahang FA to win the Malaysian FA Cup. After the contract with Pahang FA ended, he reunites with his former striker partner Dollah Salleh. This time they act as manager-coach combination for Kuantan Port-Shahzan Muda FC.
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