Peter Rajah (1 April 1951 – 14 November 2014) was a Malaysian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

and the

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. Peter was born in Singapore.Peter Rajah Sentuhan Ajaibnya Diharap - Arena Bola Sepak Magazine (Malaysia), July 1992. His father is from

Kuantan Kuantan (Pahang Malay: ''Kontaeng''; Terengganu Malay: ''Kuatang/Kuantang'') is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the Largest cities in Malaysia, 12th largest city ...

Pahang {{Infobox political division , name = Pahang , official_name = Pahang Darul Makmur , native_name = , settlement_type = States and federal territories of Malaysia, State , image_skyline = , imagesize ...

and his mother is from

. He played for Sabah between 1972 until 1987. He came out of retirement in 1992 when Sabah coach at that time, Oldřich Sedláček asked him to return. Peter was a member of the Malaysian team who qualified for the

1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

, which Malaysia did not participate in boycott of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He also part of Malaysia squad in the

1980 AFC Asian Cup The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 S ...

in Kuwait.

Honours

;Sabah *

Malaysian League The Malaysian League, also known as the M-League ( Malay: ''Liga Malaysia'' or ''Liga-M''), is a terminology used to describe the professional football league in Malaysia. The terminology was mainly used to describe the league and its divisions ...

Tournament runner-up: 1979 * Borneo Cup: 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985

References

1951 births 2014 deaths Malaysian men's footballers Footballers from Sabah Malaysia men's international footballers 1980 AFC Asian Cup players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Malaysia-footy-goalkeeper-stub