Baddrol Bakhtiar

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Bakhtiar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Baddrol.

Yang Berhormat Tuan Baddrol bin Bakhtiar MLA
بددرول بن بختيار
Baddrol in 2024
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Gurun
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2023

Malaysia U23
Southeast Asian Games
	2009	Team
	2011	Team
Men's football
Representing   Malaysia
Malaysia
AFF Championship
Runner-up	AFF Suzuki Cup 2014	2014

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021

Baddrol bin Bakhtiar (born 1 February 1988) is a Malaysian politician and former professional footballer who has served as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gurun since August 2023. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He is also a former member of the Malaysia U-20, Malaysia U-23 and Malaysia national team squads as well as a former player of Kedah Darul Aman FC. He ended his football career as the captain of the Sabah FC team. ^[3]

Baddrol is usually employed in the right side of the midfield role, although he has often been deployed as a left-sided midfielder. ^[4]

He spent most of his club career with Kedah Darul Aman (formerly known as Kedah FA) starting from 2006 until end of 2021, before signing for Sabah FC on 1 December 2021 as a free transfer. ^[5]

He left Sabah FC and retired from football in 2023 before venturing into politics. During the 2023 Kedah state election, he was announced as the Perikatan Nasional candidate for the Gurun state constituency.

Club career

Kedah

Baddrol began his football career with the Kedah youth team. He also was part of the Kedah's 2006 Sukma Games team that won the silver medal. He was a regular throughout the tournament. His performance during theSukma Games attracted the interest of the Kedah Football Association management. Baddrol signed his first professional contract with Kedah in the 2005-06 season and made his debut in the 2006 Malaysia Cup away match against Penang. ^[6] Baddrol established himself in Kedah's first team, competing for his spot alongside K. Soley as a right winger and Khyril Muhymeen on the left

Nevertheless, after K. Soley left Kedah to join their local rivals, Perlis, Baddrol proved himself as one of the best young talents of the Kedah's youth team system. Starting from the 2007-08 season, Baddrol became a first-team regular for Azraai Khor's squad and performed well in each match with his ability to terrorise defenders, and his pace and trickery with the ball.

Baddrol played more than 400 matches and scored 123 goals in all competitions for Kedah, making him recognised as the club's all-time top scorer. ^{[7] [8]}

Training stints and trials

On 6 April 2008, Gifted Group and Football Association of Malaysia selected Baddrol and his former Kedah teammate Mohd Bunyamin Umar for a two weeks' training stint with Chelsea FC at Stamford Bridge alongside their youngsters and more senior players such as Shaun Wright-Phillips, Tal Ben Haim, Steve Sidwell and Nicolas Anelka. ^[9]

In August 2011, rumours circulated that English Premier League club Wigan Athletic FC offered Baddrol a trial, but this was neither denied nor confirmed by Wigan officials. ^{[10] [11]} The rumour would later eventually be dismissed as false.

Sabah FC

After playing for Kedah for almost 16 years, Baddrol signed for Sabah on a free transfer at the age of 33. He made his home debut on 4th April 2022 against Negeri Sembilan.

On 10 April 2022, he scored his first goal against Sarawak United of the 2022 Super League game at the Sarawak State Stadium, Sarawak.

Baddrol bade his farewell to Sabah after having played his last match for the club in a 4–0 home win against Sri Pahang on 15 July 2023, a day after his departure was confirmed. ^[12] He made 42 appearances and scored 15 goals in all competitions with Sabah. ^[13]

International career

Baddrol, alongside his teammates Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid, Mohd Sabre Mat Abu and Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Muhammad Shafiq Jamal and Mohd Bunyamin Umar earned their first call-up in 2005 to the Malaysia U-20 team. He made his youth international match debut in AFC Youth Championship 2006 qualifying round on 12 December 2005 against Myanmar at Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia beat Myanmar 4–2. After qualifying to the final round in Bangalore, Baddrol however scored an own goal and Malaysia went down to Vietnam 1–2 in their opening match on 30 October 2006.

Baddrol was also a part of Malaysia U-19 squad for the 2007 Champions Youth Cup. His action in a match against Chelsea wooed the Chelsea coaching staff who gave him a chance to train at Stamford Bridge.

He made his full international debut against Kenya on 12 August 2009. He scored his first goal for the senior team in a match against Uzbekistan on 18 November 2009. He was also part of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games winning squad and managed to score a total 3 goals, 1 against the Timor Leste U-23 team and 2 in the semi-final against the Laos U-23 team.

Baddrol captained the Malaysia U-23 team and led them into winning the gold medal at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. He also scored three goals and scored the last kick of penalty shoot out against the Indonesia U-23 team to contribute to the second consecutive triumph. In 2018 Asian Games, he was selected as one of the overage players for the Malaysia U-23 team. He captained the team throughout the tournament and create an upset in a 2–1 win over South Korea U-23 team. ^[14]

Political career

Immediately after leaving Sabah FC, Baddrol returned to his home state, Kedah, and switched his career to politics by joining the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Baddrol stated his purpose for joining PAS is to defend the leadership of Datuk Seri Sanusi Md Nor, the Menteri Besar of Kedah at that time. ^[15] He was named as a candidate for Gurun in the 2023 Kedah state election representing the Perikatan Nasional ticket. ^{[16] [17]} He won and became the Gurun assemblyman. ^[18]

Election results

Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2023	N22 Gurun		Baddrol Bakhtiar (PAS)	17,771	61.37%		Firdaus Johari (PKR)	11,187	38.63%	29,203	6,584	70.73%

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 July 2023 ^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kedah	2005-06	Malaysia Premier League	–		–			0	–			0
	2006-07	Malaysia Super League		3		2		2	–			7
	2007-08			8		2		2	7 [a]	3		15
	2009			8		1		2	6 [b]	1		12
	2010		26	8	9	4	10	6	–		45	18
	2011		24	10	1	0	5	1	–		30	11
	2012		23	3	6	0	6	1	2 [c]	1	37	5
	2013	Malaysia Premier League	19	3	2	0	6	0	–		27	3
	2014		16	4	4	1	10	4	–		30	9
	2015		20	5	2	0	10	0	–		32	5
	2016	Malaysia Super League	19	3	5	1	10	2	–		34	6
	2017		16	9	7	2	10	1	–		33	12
	2018		20	4	2	1	2	0	–		24	5
	2019		21	5	7	0	11	2	–		39	7
	2020		10	0	–		1	0	2 [d]	0	13	0
	2021		21	7	–		6	1	–		27	8
	Total			80		14		24	17	5		123
Sabah	2022	Malaysia Super League	20	6	2	0	5	2	–		27	8
	2023		13	4	2	1	–		–		15	5
Total			33	10	4	1	5	2	–		42	13
Career Total				90		15		26	17	5		136

1. Appearances in 2008 AFC Cup.
2. Appearances in 2009 AFC Cup.
3. Appearances in 2012 Malaysia Super League play-offs.
4. Appearances in 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

International

As of 19 December 2021 ^{[20] [21]}

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia	2009	7	1
	2010	2	1
	2011	3	1
	2012	8	0
	2014	11	1
	2015	6	1
	2016	14	0
	2017	6	0
	2019	1	0
	2021	6	1
Total		64	6

International goals

Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first. ^[21]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 November 2009	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Uzbekistan	1–2	1–3	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	27 February 2010	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Yemen	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3.	18 June 2011	Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Malaysia	Myanmar	2–0	2–0	Friendly
4.	20 September 2014	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Cambodia	4–1	4–1	Friendly
5.	17 November 2015	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	United Arab Emirates	1–2	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	9 October 2021	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Uzbekistan	1–3	1–5	Friendly

U23 International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 December 2009	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane	East Timor	2–0	11–0 (W)	2009 SEA Games
2.	19 December 2009	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane	Laos	1–0	3–1 (W)	2009 SEA Games
3.	21 December 2009	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane	Laos	2–1	3–1 (W)	2009 SEA Games
4.	21 October 2011	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi	Myanmar	2–1	2–1 (W)	2011 VFF CUP
5.	23 October 2011	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi	Vietnam	1–1	1–1 (D)	2011 VFF CUP
6.	9 November 2011	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	Thailand	2–1	2–1 (W)	2011 SEA Games
7.	13 November 2011	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	Cambodia	2–0	4–1 (W)	2011 SEA Games
8.	13 November 2011	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	Cambodia	3–0	4–1 (W)	2011 SEA Games

Personal life

Baddrol was born in Sarawak and currently living in Ambangan Heights, Sungai Petani, Kedah. Baddrol's parents are from Negeri Sembilan, his father being a soldier in the Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM).

Honours

Kedah FA

• Malaysia Super League (2): 2006–2007, 2007–2008
• FA Cup Malaysia (4): 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
• Malaysia Cup (3): 2007, 2008, 2016
• Malaysia Premier League (2): 2005–06, 2015
• Malaysia Charity Shield: 2017

International

• SEA Games (2): 2009, 2011
• AFF Championship: 2014 runner up
• AFF U-20 Youth Championship  : 2007 runner-up

Individual

• PFAM Player of the Month: August 2016, February 2017, June 2019
• FAM Football Awards Best Midfielder Award: 2010, 2017, 2021
• FAM Football Awards Most Valuable Players Award: 2017
• FAM Football Awards Local Top Scores: 2021
• Kedah All-time Top Goalscorer

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External links

• Baddrol Bakhtiar at National-Football-Teams.com
• Baddrol Bakhtiar at Soccerway
• Biodata Baddrol Bakhtiar
• [https://stadiumastro.com/rencana/emak-ayah-den-orang-kuala-pilah-baddrol-bakhtiar-187616