Abd Mohd Khalid Mohd Ali

Abd Mohd Khalid Mohd Ali
Personal information
Full name	Abd Mohd Khalid Bin Mohd Ali
Date of birth	1 May 1957
Place of birth	Ampang, Federation of Malaya
Date of death	6 February 2024 (aged 66)
Place of death	University of Malaya Medical Centre
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right back; Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1980	Selangor FA
1981–1982	Kuala Lumpur FA
1983–1985	Selangor FA
International career
1976–1983	Malaysia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abd Mohd Khalid Mohd Ali (Jawi: عبد محمد خالد بن محمد علي, IPA: [abdul mohd khalɪd bɪn mohd alɪ]; 1 May 1957 – 6 February 2024), better known as Khalid Ali, was a Malaysian footballer who played for Selangor FA and Kuala Lumpur as a right back and defensive midfielder in the late 1970s and in the 1980s.^[1] He was also a football critic.^[2]

International career

Khalid Ali played for Malaysia from 1976 to 1983.^[3] He made his debut in the 1976 President's Cup in Korea.^[3] He was brought into the senior team by Karl-Heinz Weigang. He was a key player to the Malaysian team who qualified to the 1980 Olympic games Moscow which Malaysia boycotted.^[4] He also scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win against Indonesia in the qualifying round for the 1980 Olympics.^[3] Malaysia won the play-off against South Korea with a 2–1 score in the Merdeka Stadium. He made his last appearances for Malaysia at the 1983 Southeast Asian Games.^[3]

Personal life

His younger brother, Zainal Abidin Hassan, also played football professionally, winning six Malaysia Cups and four league titles with Selangor and Pahang.^[5]

Khalid Ali died from lung cancer on 6 February 2024, at the age of 66.^[6]