Mohamed Razip bin Ismail or popularly known as Razip Ismail (born 23 April 1962) is a

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n former

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player and coach. His preferred playing position is as a defender. His last job was as the manager of MOF FC in 2018.

Career as player

He formerly played for

Kuala Lumpur FA Kuala Lumpur City Football Club, known simply as KL City FC, is a Malaysian professional association football, football club based in Kuala Lumpur. The club competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top level of Football in Malaysia, Malaysia ...

from 1979 to 1994. He was in the Kuala Lumpur team that won

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

three consecutive seasons (1987, 1988 and 1989),

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

two consecutive seasons (1993, 1994) and the league championship (1986, 1988). Razip also played for

in international tournaments. He was part of the team that clinched the football gold medal for Malaysia in the

1989 Sea Games The 1989 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was officially opened by 9th Yang ...

held in Kuala Lumpur.

Career as coach

Razip coached his former team

from 2008 until 2012. During that time Kuala Lumpur were promoted to the

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League (), known simply as the Super League (), is the men's top professional Football in Malaysia, football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnersh ...

in 2009 before being relegated to the

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 ...

in 2012. He took over as head coach of

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B (''The Young Tigers'') was the Malaysia under-21 national football team managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. which took part in Malaysia Premier League from the 2007–08 season and also FA Cup Malaysia. In 2015, Ha ...

, who were playing in the Singapore's S.League, from Ismail Ibrahim in 2013, on a 2-year contract. With the team, he won plate winner 2013 Singapore League Cup. On February 8, 2015, Razip won his first ever international tournament as coach after beating Bangladesh 3–2 in

Bangabandhu Cup The Bangabandhu Cup, also known as the Bangabandhu Gold Cup, is an international football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is the founding father of Banglad ...

final, awarding the Malaysia U-22 squad the cup. On 17 March 2016, Razip was appointed head coach of Pahang FC. His contract was not renewed at the end of the 2016 season. Razip next was announced as the new head coach of

Perlis FA Perlis FA State Football Team (), also known as Perlis FA, was a football team based in Kangar, Perlis, run and managed by the Perlis Football Association (PFA). The team was founded in 1963. It was one of the 14 state teams of the Malaysia ...

for their

2017 Malaysia Premier League The 2017 Liga Premier (), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

season. But, on 6 March 2017, he quits as

head coach, his team rooted to the bottom of the league. In December 2017, Razip was announced as MOF F.C. head coach for their

2018 Malaysia FAM Cup The 2018 Malaysia FAM League was the 67th season of the Malaysia FAM League since its establishment in 1952. The season started on 25 February 2018 and concluded on 6 September 2018. Sime Darby were the defending champions. The season marked the c ...

season.

References

{{Sri Pahang FC head coaches 1962 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players Malaysian football managers Footballers from Selangor Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Sri Pahang FC managers SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1989 SEA Games Asian Games footballers for Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City F.C. managers