Malek Awab

Malek Awab is a Singaporean former footballer in the 1980s and 1990s. Malek Awab also once held the record for the most number of international caps for his country, Singapore (121 caps).

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Awab is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Malek.
Malek Awab
Personal information
Full name Malek bin Awab
Date of birth (1961-01-11) 11 January 1961[1]
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1986 Singapore Lions 109 (34)
1987–1991 Kuala Lumpur FA 82 (9)
1991–1994 Singapore Lions 98 (15)
National team
1980–1996 Singapore 121[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club

Malek played for the Kuala Lumpur FA side that won the Malaysia Cup in 1988.[3]

International

Malek was spotted by national coach Jita Singh and brought on to the national team on 13 October 1980.[4]

Malek played in his first international game at King's Cup, Bangkok, 1980.

Representing the Lions in midfield, Malek was often seen running tirelessly for 90 minutes of the game, closing down on opposition players and making cutting runs into the opponents half. Together with Fandi Ahmad, Abbas Saad and V. Sundramoorthy, they formed the backbone of the Singapore team that won the Malaysia Cup in 1994.

Personal life

Malek is married to seamstress Sharifah Nazihah.

Career details

Singapore Lions, 1993–1994

Woodlands Wellington FC, 1998

Home United FC, 2000

Final game: Tiger Cup, 1996.[5]

Honours

Singapore Lions

See also

References
  1. FIFA.com
  2. "FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel". FAS. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. King, Ian & Stokkermans, Karl (26 May 2002). "Malaysia 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  4. "Catching Up With: Malek Awab | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. Shirlynn Ho-Pereira (1 March 1998). "Three last hurrahs". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008.


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