Syed Ahmad Syed Abu Bakar (20 April 1946 – 1 June 2022) was a Malaysian

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who played as a striker.

Career

With the Malaysia national team, Ahmad scored four goals in the Olympics qualification matches against

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and

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that helped Malaysia to qualify for 1972 Munich Olympics. On 15 September 1974, he was a part of the team that won third place bronze medal in the

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. He died at age 76 due to cancer.

Honours

Penang *

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: 1966 * Malaysia Kings Gold Cup: 1966, 1968, 1969 *

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: runner-up 1968, 1969 Penjara * Malaya FAM Cup: 1970, 1971, 1973 Perak * Malaysia Kings Gold Cup: 1974 *

: runner-up 1974 Malaysia *

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1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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: bronze medal

References

1946 births 2022 deaths Deaths from cancer in Malaysia Footballers from Johor Sportspeople from Johor Malaysian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Malaysia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Asian Games footballers for Malaysia Penang F.C. players {{Malaysia-footy-forward-stub