Malik Jabir

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Malik Jabir
Personal information
Full name Malik Jabir
Date of birth (1944-12-08) 8 December 1944 (age 78)
Place of birth Wa, Ghana
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Kano Pillars (Technical Adviser)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Asante Kotoko
International career
Ghana
Managerial career
2003 Ghana
2005–2006 Asante Kotoko
2007 ASFA Yennenga
2008–2009 Kano Pillars (Technical Adviser)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malik Jabir (born 8 December 1944 in Wa) is a retired Ghanaian professional football striker. He is currently a technical advisor for Asante Kotoko S.C. in the Ghana Premier League.

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Career

Jabir played club football for Asante Kotoko.

International career

Jabir also played for the Ghana national football team at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Jabir coached Ghana in 2003. [3] He also coached Asante Kotoko, ASFA Yennenga of Burkina Faso [4] and Kano Pillars F.C. of Nigeria as Technical Adviser. [5]

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References

  1. "Malik Jabir Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  2. M. Jabir FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Ghana National Team Coaches". RSSSF . Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  4. "Malik Jabir takes Kano Pillars job". Ghana Football Association. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  5. KNSG applauded for approving N100m to Pillars