{{Short description|Malaysian footballer (1947–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{malay name|Salleh|Ibrahim}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Salleh Ibrahim | image = | caption = | fullname = Salleh bin Ibrahim | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|10|15|df=yes}}<ref name="Profil">{{cite news|title = Salleh Te're 'hilang nyawa' naik Concorde|newspaper = BH Online|language = my|date = 25 June 2016|url = https://www.bharian.com.my/bhplus-old/2016/06/168351/salleh-tere-hilang-nyawa-naik-concorde|access-date = 23 May 2022}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Ketereh]], [[Malayan Union]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|8|1947|10|15|df=y}} | death_place = [[Pengkalan Chepa]], [[Kelantan]], Malaysia | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Jabatan Penjara | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1963–1964 | clubs2 = [[Kelantan FA]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1965–1970 | clubs3 = [[Singapore FA]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1971–1972 | clubs4 = [[Kelantan FA]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1973–1980 | clubs5 = [[Perak FA]] | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalteam1 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] | nationalyears1 = 1970–1978 }}

'''Salleh Ibrahim''' (15 October 1947 &ndash; 8 March 2020) was a Malaysian [[association football|footballer]].<ref name="Profil"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2020/03/572884/1972-olympic-hero-salleh-ibrahim-dies|title=1972 Olympic hero Salleh Ibrahim dies|last=Bernama|date=8 March 2020|website=NST Online|language=en|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> A [[prison officer]] by profession (as Malaysian football was not professional in his time), Salleh represented Prison Department, Kelantan FA, Perak FA and Singapore FA during his football career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=69|title=Majlis Sukan Jabatan Penjara Malaysia—Salleh Ibrahim|last=nazmi|website=jpmportal.prison.gov.my|accessdate=12 November 2018|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717210425/http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=69|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also played for Malaysian national team, and competed in the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|men's tournament]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]],<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/ibrahim-salleh-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/ibrahim-salleh-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ibrahim Salleh Olympic Results |accessdate=24 October 2018}}</ref> scoring in the 3–0 win against the United States in the group stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/munich1972/matches/round=197111/match=32136/index.html|title=Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 - Malaysia 3:0 (1:0) USA—Overview—FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1972f-det.html XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament - RSSSF]</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>

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>

==Honours== ;Singapore FA * [[Malaysia Cup]]: 1965

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{{Malaysia football squad 1972 Summer Olympics}} {{Authority control}}

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