Hamzah Hussain

{{Short description|Malaysian footballer}} {{For|the Iraqi rower|Hamza Hussein}} {{malay name|Hamzah|Hussain}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} '''Hamzah Hussain''' (sometimes spelt as '''Hamzah Hussein''' or '''Hamzah Husin''') (born 8 August 1948) is a former [[Association football|football player]] who represented the [[Malaysian national football team]] in the 1970s.<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> He played for [[Kelantan FA]], [[Pahang FA]] and [[Selangor FA]] in [[Malaysia Cup]] competition.

A midfielder, Hamzah played for the Malaysia team in the [[1972 Munich Olympics]] [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|football competition]], playing all three group games.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1972f-det.html XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament - RSSSF]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072907/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32127/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Germany FR - Malaysia at FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072937/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32136/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Malaysia - USA at FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409234334/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197110/matches/match=32144/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Morocco - Malaysia at FIFA.com]</ref> He also played for Malaysia in tournaments across Asia such as [[Merdeka Tournament]]. He retired from international tournaments in 1974. 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|url=https://olympic.org.my/awards/list-hall-of-fame/|title=OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST|language=Malay|publisher=[[Olympic Council of Malaysia|OCM]]|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212062830/https://olympic.org.my/awards/list-hall-of-fame/|archive-date=12 December 2020}}</ref>

Hamzah was a [[prison officer]] at Prison Department of Malaysia, his final rank before retiring from prison force was Deputy Superintendent of Prison.

==Honours== ;Kelantan * [[Malaysia Cup]] runner-up: 1970 * [[Malaysia FAM Cup]] runner-up: 1971

;Malaysia * [[Merdeka Cup]]: 1973

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=44 Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150555/http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=44 |date=2 April 2015 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222210538/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=51134/index.html Profile at Fifa.com] * {{WorldFootball.net|hamzah-hussein}}

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