{{short description|Malaysian footballer}} {{malay name|Ali|Bakar}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ali Bakar | image = | image_size = 200 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|11|18}} | birth_place = [[Penang]], [[British Malaya]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|08|16|1947|11|18}} | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1964–1967 | youthclubs1 = [[Penang FA]] | years1 = 1968–1976 | clubs1 = [[Penang FA]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1970–1976 | nationalteam1 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = }} '''Ali Bakar''' (18 November 1947 – 16 August 2003) was a [[FA Penang|football player]] who represented the [[Malaysian national football team]] from 1970 until 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-recintlp.html|title=Malaysia - Record International Players|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> He played for [[Penang FA]] in Malaysia's domestic competition. He was the [[List of flag bearers for Malaysia at the Olympics|flag bearer for Malaysia]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700839 |title=Ali Bakar |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=Olympedia.com }}</ref>
==Career overview== A midfielder, Ali was a squad player for the Malaysia team in the [[1972 Munich Olympics]] [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|football competition]], and also represented Malaysia when it finished third in the [[1974 Asian Games]] in [[Iran]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001833/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/teams/team%3D1889798.html Malaysia - Munich 1972 - FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames74.html "Asian Games 1974"]-RSSSF.</ref> Also in 1974, he was part of the [[Malaysia Cup]]-winning Penang side.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120528014240/https://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/penang-was-once-a-feared-football-force-1.88019 Penang was once a feared football force. New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.]</ref> After two years, he also helped Penang side to win the international tournament, [[Aga Khan Gold Cup]] held in Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aga Khan Gold Cup|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/agakhan.html|url-status=live|website=[[RSSSF]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625170505/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/agakhan.html|archivedate=25 June 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Ali's brother, [[Isa Bakar]], was a football player, also playing for Penang and Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2010/08/28/former-footballer-isa-bakar-dies/|title= Former footballer Isa Bakar dies|author=K. Suthakar|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=28 August 2010}}</ref>
Ali suffered a heart attack and died on the field while playing in a charity football match in Singapore on 16 August 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 August 2003 |title=Former Malaysian striker dies during football match: Report |newspaper=ABC News |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-08-17/former-malaysian-striker-dies-during-football/1466120}}</ref> His body was buried in Penang.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2014 |title=Former international Ali Bakar laid to rest - New Straits Times | HighBeam Research |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-78170049.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611013155/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-78170049.html |archive-date=11 June 2014 |website=}}</ref> In 2004, he was inducted in [[Olympic Council of Malaysia]]'s Hall of Fame for [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Malaysia|1972 Summer Olympics football team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST |url=https://olympic.org.my/awards/list-hall-of-fame/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212062830/https://olympic.org.my/awards/list-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=12 December 2020 |access-date=5 January 2022 |publisher=[[Olympic Council of Malaysia|OCM]] |language=Malay}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''Penang''' *[[Burnley Cup]]: 1966 * [[Piala Emas Raja-Raja|Malaysia Kings Gold Cup]]: 1966, 1968, 1969 * [[Malaysia Cup]]: 1974 * [[Aga Khan Gold Cup]]: 1976
'''Malaysia''' * Bronze medal [[Asian Games]]: [[Football at the 1974 Asian Games|1974]] * [[King's Cup (Thailand football tournament)|Kings Cup]]: 1972 * [[Merdeka Cup]]: 1974, 1976 * [[Jakarta Anniversary Tournament]]: 1970
==See also== *[[List of association footballers who died while playing]]
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==External links== * [http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=69 Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103091819/http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=69 |date=3 November 2014 }} {{Malaysia football squad 1972 Summer Olympics}} {{Malaysia squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Authority control}}
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