M. Karathu

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M. Karathu
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-02-23) 23 February 1943 (age 80)
Place of birth Taiping, Perak, Japanese Malaysia (now Malaysia)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1960–1970 Perak FA
International career
1963–1970 Malaysia
Managerial career
1989–1990 Perak FA
1991 Malaysia B
1991–1992 Malaysia under-21
1993 Kelantan FA
1994-1998 Negeri Sembilan FA
1999–2000 Sri Lanka
2001 Perak FA
2002–2003 Woodlands Wellington FC
2009 Perak FA
2011 Kelantan FA
2014–2015 Perak FA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Datuk M. Karathu (born 23 February 1943) is a Malaysian football manager and former player.

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Playing career

Karathu played for Perak FA in the 1960s to 1970s, winning two Malaysia Cup. [1] [2] He also played for Malaysia national football team. [3]

Coaching career

Karathu started his coaching career in 1971, winning Burnley Cup (the precursor to Razak Cup) with Perak under-20 team. He also has coached the Kinta Indian Association (KIA) team in the FAM Cup.

Karathu have been at the helm of Negeri Sembilan FA, Perak FA in three stints, Malaysia national under-21 football team, winning 1991 TAAN Cup invitation tournament in Nepal with Malaysia B team, [4] Woodlands Wellington FC in Singapore, and Sri Lanka national team. By coaching Sri Lanka, he was one of a few Malaysians to coach a foreign national team.

As head coach, his success at club level includes winning the first ever FA Cup for Perak over the fancied Selangor team in 1990. In 2001, he coached Perak to the finals of the Malaysia Cup. He also guided Kelantan to the semi-finals of Malaysia Cup in 1993. In 2011, he guided Kelantan to win the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup title and 2011 Super League Malaysia championship.

Karathu resigned as head coach of Kelantan, ending his second spell with the East Coast team in 2011, after failing to defend their 2010 Malaysia Cup title by losing to Terengganu FA in the quarter-finals of the 2011 Malaysia Cup tournament. [5]

In December 2014, Karathu returned for the fourth time to coach Perak after the previous coach Vjeran Simunic was sacked less than 2 months after taking charge. [6] Under his guidance Perak were briefly topping the league in the early stages, but after poor performances in the later stages of the league, Karathu was relieved of his position in early August 2015. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Malaysia 1967". RSSSF .
  2. ↑ "Malaysia 1970". RSSSF .
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". www.emedia.com.my. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Defensive errors let Tiong Bahru down - The Straits Times, 28 September 1991
  5. ↑ "Football: Karathu calls it a day". Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Karathu ganti Simunic | Harian Metro". Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Perak 'rest' coach Karathu after poor run".
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