Merzagua Abderrazak

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Merzagua Abderrazak
Personal information
Date of birth 1967 [1]
Place of birth Morocco
Position(s) Striker [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995-1996 Penang FA
1998 Penang FA 4 (0)
2001 Gombak United FC
Managerial career
2012–2013 Penang FA
2014–2015 Sungai Ara F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Merzagua Abderrazak (born 1967 in Morocco) is a Moroccan former professional footballer and head coach.

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On 4 August 2001, he played in 2001 Sultan of Selangor Cup as a guest player. [2] [3]

Playing career

Penang

Brought in as a foreign player to Malaysian side Penang in the early 1990s. He joined Penang FA in 1995 and left the team in the next year. In 1998, he came back to Penang FA and helped the team won championships in 1998 after he scored the winning goal against Selangor FA at Shah Alam in the last minutes and that was the last league game. [1] Called the 'Great Merz' by besotted fans, he has been described as one of the greatest foreign footballers to have ever played in Malaysia [4] and Southeast Asia. [1]

Gombak United

Moving to Gombak United of Singapore in 2001, Abderrazak reunited with his former Penang coach Moey Yoke Ham and Guinean Ballamodou Conde [5] wearing the number 9. [6] However, the forward was unable to concentrate on football due to his family business in Morocco failing. In the end, he left the club to support his family's business, apologizing to mentor Moey Yoke Ham along the way. [7]

Coaching career

Penang

Announced as Penang head coach in late 2012, Abderrazak's aim was to lift the club out of the third-tier Malaysia FAM League. [8] Of the first three friendlies the team played through the preseason, they recorded two losses but won once against Perak of the Malaysia Super League thanks to the home fans. [8] Leading the club to the 2013 FAM League championship and promotion to the 2014 Malaysia Premier League, Abderrazak was disallowed from being their coach for the upcoming season in the second tier as he did not have the coaching badges that the league entailed. [9] Three years later, the Moroccan earned his licenses and a number of sources close to Penang stated that he could return to helm the state team [9] which never happened.

Abderrazak was disappointed with Penang's performance in the 2017 Malaysia Super League as his former club were at the bottom of the league table. [10] Ever since his departure, he has been appraising the Panthers performances in competitions. [10]

Sungai Ara FC

Picked to take the reins of Penang-based outfit Sungai Ara on a one-year contract in late 2014, [11] the former striker was greeted by supporters, players and officials upon arrival to the Malaysian state. [12] Improving the fitness level and morale of the players ahead of the season with six months of preparation and 30 friendlies played, [13] his target was to gain promotion to the Malaysia Premier League by 2016, [14] expressing gratefulness to the board. [14]

Penang FC

In 2024, Merzagua was appointed as a Technical Director at Penang F.C. [15]

Honours

As player

Penang

As coach

Penang

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  3. ↑ "SOS Cup History". fourfourtwo . Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Top 10 Foreign Players In Malaysian Football". malaysiandigest.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved 2017-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "The New Paper, 17 March 2001, Page 58". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  6. ↑ "Match Number: 013". geocities.ws. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  7. ↑ "Merzagua: 'I don't want to cheat anybody'". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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  10. 1 2 Wan Mohd Noor Hafiz Wan Mansor & Foto: Ridha Rahimi. "Merzagua sedih prestasi semasa Pulau Pinang - Sukan". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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  12. ↑ "Rock star welcome for coach - Community". The Star Online. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  13. ↑ "Football: Sungai Ara FC banking on Merzagua's magic in FA Cup". The Star Online. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  14. 1 2 "Merzagua's mission | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News". nst.com.my. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  15. ↑ BERNAMA & Foto: Penang FC. "Merzagua Pengarah Teknikal baharu Penang FC - Sukan". Astro Awani. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
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