Bakri Ibni (born 25 August 1952) is a Malaysian former football player who represented the Malaysian national football team in the middle 1970s and early 1980s.[1]
He played for Perlis FA in Malaysia's domestic competition until 1984 and joined Talasco to unite with Mokhtar Dahari.[2] With Talasco, he won Selangor Dunhill Cup and reached Semi-final Malaysia FAM Cup.[3] As national player, Bakri scored 16 international goals in 63 appearances for Malaysia.[4][5]
A midfielder, Bakri was in the Malaysia squad that qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics football competition (though later Malaysia boycotted the Games).[6] He scored one of the two goals in the 2-1 win over South Korea that decided the qualifiers for the Olympics, the other goal was scored by James Wong.[7] In 1980, Bakri represented Malaysia in the AFC Asian Cup in Kuwait.[8][9] Bakri also represented Malaysia in other competitions, winning the 1979 Merdeka Cup and 1978 King's Cup. On 26 November 1977, He also a part of the squads that winning gold medals in the regional Sea Games.[10]
As a coach, Bakri has coached Perlis FA from 1981 to 1983, while he was still playing with them.[11] He later returned to coach them again in the 1990s. Bakri has also coached Bank Rakyat football team in the local inter-bank championship, JKR Perlis, and as assistant head coach to Malaysia national team coach Rahim Abdullah in 1991.[12]
Malaysia squad – 1980 AFC Asian Cup | ||
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