Abdul Hadi bin Abdul Hamid @ Hamid (born 25 February 1987 in

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Club career

Hadi, who is a football silver medalist of

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2006 has been promoted to the senior squad after Kedah coach Azraai Khor brought him in as backup for current number one goalkeeper Helmi Eliza. Azraai was forced to bring another goalkeeper after Megat Amir Faisal Al Khalidi Ibrahim left the club to join

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. He also a former member of Malaysia U-20 squad in 2005 until 2006. A long time admirer of

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character made his first team debut for Kedah in a

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match against

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on 3 January 2007 after Helmi Eliza has been sent off which Kedah won the match with 4–3 result at their own ground,

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Kedah FA Coaching Career

On 28 November 2019, following his retirement on football career, Hadi due to joining Kedah FA coaching team management and he was appointed as assistant goalkeeping coach for 2020 Malaysia Super League seasons.

International career

For international appearance, Hadi earned his first call-up in 2005 to the Malaysia U-20 squad alongside

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, Mohd Sabre Mat Abu and became a first choice goalkeeper of K. Rajagopal's side. He made his full major international debut in

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qualifying round on 12 December 2005 against

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as Malaysia beat Myanmar 4–2.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Kedah *

(2): 2006–2007, 2007–2008 *

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. The season usually ra ...

(2): 2005–06,

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Malaysia Charity Shield The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

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*{{soccerway, abdul-hadi-abdul-hamid/70117 1987 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Footballers from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Men's association football goalkeepers