Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah

Azraai Khor Abdullah

Personal information
Full name	Mohd Azraai Khor bin Abdullah
Date of birth	October 25, 1952 (1952-10-25) (age 59)
Place of birth	Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club	Negeri Sembilan FA (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1969-1980	Kedah FA (Malaysia Cup)	??	(??)
–	Kilat Kedah FC (FAM Cup)	??	(??)
National team
1975-1978	Malaysia
Teams managed
1991	Kedah President's Cup
1992-1993	Kedah FA (assistant coach)
1994	Kedah President's Cup
1998	Kedah President's Cup
2002	Kedah President's Cup
2002	TNB Kelantan FC
2004-2009	Kedah FA
2010	Harimau Muda A
2011-	Negeri Sembilan FA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mohd Azraai Khor bin Abdullah, (or formerly known as Khor Sek Leng), (born 25 October 1952) is a Malaysian football coach and former player, currently coaching Negeri Sembilan FA and formerly managed and coached the most outstanding team in Malaysian League, Kedah FA where he has been in charge since 2004 until 2009.

Azraai, whom one of the most successful coach in Malaysia when he considered to be one of the best football coaches and he has also won more trophies than any other coaches in the history of Malaysian football especially when he brought Kedah FA to be a legendary football team in Malaysia when they crowned as a double treble champion - a champion for all three major football competitions.

Personal life

Khor Sek Leng born in Alor Star, Kedah has been converted to Islam in 2001 and changed his Muslim name to Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah. Azraai now lives with his wife Rohani Ibrahim, eldest son Mohd Firdaus (age 16), daughters Siti Fairuz (15) and Nur Azryena (5) at their resident in Alor Star.

Playing career

He was a Kedah FA player for Malaysia Cup competition and also was in Kedah Kilat FC (a team of Tenaga Nasional Berhad or formerly known as Lembaga Letrik Negara Tanah Melayu before 1990) for FAM Cup competition from 1969 until 1980. He played as midfielder, right winger and a skipper. Azraai also was a former part of Malaysia national team in the period of 3 years starting from 1975 until 1978.

Coaching careers

Early careers

In 1991, at the age of 39 Azraai was appointed head coach of Kedah FA President Cup team. He worked as part of the club's youth team for several years - 1991, 1994, 1998 and 2002. However his glorious career began eighteen years ago in 1993 when he and his colleague, Azman Haji Eusoff was just an up and coming tactician, assisting Robert Alberts to create history with a bunch of great players included his assistants now Muhamad Radhi Mat Din and Ahmad Sabri Ismail, from the second division title without losing in 1992 to clean sweep of the domestic football titles in 1993 – Division 1 (the now renamed Malaysia Super League) and Malaysia Cup.

Kelantan TNB FC head coach

Before return to Kedah, Azraai has previously managed Kelantan TNB FC in 2002 when he was an employee of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, an electricity company in Malaysia.

Kedah head coach

After late Ahmad Basri Akil brought him in August 2004, with his fantastic "Midas touch", Azraai gives a miracle for Kedah state football environment after they've been dropped to the last place in 2004 Malaysia Super League competition. Kedah on that time handled by Mirandinha. After Mirandinha left the job, Azraai who returned to Kulim from Kelantan as a full-time TNB employee on that time has rejuvenated the team and creates fantastic achievements in Malaysia Cup competition when he led Kedah through to the 2004 Final, but they lost 1-0 against Perlis FA.

Successive 'double treble'

Azraai now became the only coach, to win double treble champions in successive 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. After he clinched the third cup in Malaysian football arena, coach Azraai also regarded the 2006/07 Malaysian Favourite Coach Award in 100Plus-F.A.M National Football Awards as an additional motivation after his team won three titles - Malaysian FA Cup, Malaysian Super League, and Malaysia Cup in 2006/07 season and also as a boost for the future of football in Kedah and in the country. And a few hours before he creates another historical moment of Malaysian football on 23 August 2008, he once again awarded as the 2007/08 Malaysian Best Coach Award in the same awards after Kedah retained the 2007/08 Malaysian Super League and Malaysian FA Cup trophies for second consecutive times. Azraai deserved the awards after his Kedah wonder boys won the Malaysia Cup final defeated Selangor FA with 3-2 result.

Honours

Kedah

• Malaysia Super League: 2006/07, 2007/08
• Malaysia Premier League: 2005/06

• Runner-up: 2005

• Malaysia FA Cup: 2006/07, 2007/08
• Malaysia Cup: 2006/07, 2007/08

• Runner-up: 2004

Personal

100Plus-F.A.M National Football Awards

• 2006/07 - "Malaysian Favourite Coach"
• 2007/08 - "Malaysian Best Coach"

Quotes

• "To be a champion we must act like a champion." - Fokus Bola, 12 July 2007

External links

• Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah Official Website

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Name	Azraai Khor Abdullah, Mohd
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Date of birth	25 October 1952
Place of birth	Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia
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