Khalid Shahdan is a former Malaysian footballer and a current coach.[1] He was often called the "Malaysia zico" by fans.[2]

Khalid Shahdan
Personal information
Full name Mohd Khalid bin Shahdan
Date of birth (1964-07-05) 5 July 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Johor, Malaysia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1994 Johor
1995–1996 Johor FC
International career
1985–1989 Malaysia
Managerial career
2004–2006 Johor FA (head coach)
2007 Johor Malays
2008–2012 Malaysia U-16 (Bandar Penawar Sports School)
2013–2014 Malaysia U-17 (Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School)
2015 Malaysia Pahang Sports School
2019 Johor Bahru FA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 December 2013

Career

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Khalid spent his footballing career in Johor, mainly with Johor FA, where he won two Malaysia Cup in 1985 and 1991 and Semi-Pro Division 1 championship in 1991.[3] Towards the end of his footballing career, he played with Johor FC and won FAM Cup in 1995.

After retiring as player, Khalid moved into coaching, and earned coaching diploma from Football Association of Malaysia and Asian Football Confederation. He worked as coach in Johor FA in various age groups, and was the head coach of Johor in Malaysia Super League from 2004 to 2006. [4] After he coached the Johor Malays team to win the King's Gold Cup championship in 2007, FA of Malaysia then employed Khalid as head coach for their youth teams.

National team

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An international for Malaysia in the 1980s, Khalid won the 1986 Merdeka Tournament. He also won silver medal for Malaysia in the 1987 Southeast Asian Games.[5]

Honours

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Player

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Johor FA
Johor FC
Malaysia

Manager

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Johor Malay

References

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  1. ^ "Zico of Malaysia". FAM. 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Zico of Malaysia J Category: uncategorised4". FAM. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Mengimbau Sejarah Johor di Perlawanan Akhir Piala Malaysia (In Malay)". Semuanya JDT. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Bittersweet feeling for coach Khalid". The Star. 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. ^ South East Asian Games 1987 (Jakarta, Indonesia) - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  6. ^ "Malaysia – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Malaysia 1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b c "Malaysia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Malaysia 1986". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Brunei – Football at the Brunei Merdeka Games". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  11. ^ "Malaysia – List of Cup Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  12. ^ Merdeka Tournament 1986 (Malaysia) | RSSSF
  13. ^ South East Asian Games 1987 (Jakarta, Indonesia) - RSSSF
  14. ^ Atsushi Fujioka; Erik Garin; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (11 January 2018). "Sultan's Gold Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.