Zahasmi Ismail

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Zahasmi Ismail
Personal information
Full name Zahasmi Bin Ismail
Date of birth (1967-04-18) 18 April 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Kelantan, Malaysia
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
Kelantan United (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1994 Kelantan 84 (19)
1994–1996 Terengganu 21 (3)
1997–1999 Kelantan 23 (6)
2000–2004 JKR Kelantan 55 (8)
Total183(36)
Managerial career
2011 Kelantan FA President's Cup Team
2012–2015 Kelantan (assistant head coach)
2015 Kelantan (caretaker)
2015–2016 MOF
2016–2017 Kelantan
2019– Kelantan United (head coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2004

Zahasmi Bin Ismail (born 9 November 1961) is a Malaysian former footballer and currently the head coach of Malaysia Premier League side, Kelantan United.

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Career as a player

Zahasmi began his football career in 1986 playing for his hometown team, Kelantan FA. He mainly played as a central defender. He spent playing for the team until 1994 before he signed for a two-year contract with Terengganu FA in 1995 and 1996. Known as a strong, tenacious, commanding and physical defender, Zahasmi was known for his aggressive tackling, positioning, leadership and his ability to read the game, he is considered to be one of the best central defenders of his generation and labeled as 'The Tank'. Zahasmi return to Kelantan in 1997 and played for 3 seasons for the team before playing for JKR Kelantan in 2000. He retired as a footballer in 2004 last played for, JKR Kelantan. [1]

Controversial issues

On 18 June 1994, Zahasmi was involved with an incident after assaulting Selangor FA forward, Zsolt Bücs, during the Premier League match held in Merdeka Stadium. He later was banned from playing for 6-months after being found guilty in the incident. [2]

Coaching career

Zahasmi coaching career started in 2011 as head coach for Kelantan's youth team. He has brought the team to become King's Gold Cup champion and Malaysian President's Cup champion in 2011. [3] Later in 2012, he was then appointed as assistant coach of Kelantan FA senior team with Bojan Hodak as head coach.

On 20 December 2015, he was appointed as head coach of Malaysia third tier league club, MOF F.C. playing for Malaysia FAM League. MOF finished second in the Group B league table. [4]

On 30 November 2016, Zahasmi was appointed the successor of Velizar Popov at Kelantan FA becoming new head coach for 2017 season. His experience with Kelantan football in being crucial in making him the new head coach for the team. He also took over as the interim head coach of the club in 2015 when Azraai Khor left the head coach position. [5]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 September 2017.
Team NatFromToCompetitionRecord
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Kelantan FA (caretaker)Malaysia4 July 20155 December 2015 Liga Super 115242321+2045.45
Piala Malaysia 100103−3000.00
MOF F.C. Malaysia5 December 201531 December 2016 Liga FAM 169432614+12056.25
Piala FA 100103−3000.00
Kelantan FA Malaysia30 November 2016Present Liga Super 2274113139−8031.82
Piala FA 101011+0000.00
Piala Malaysia 6204812−4033.33
Total582311249091−1039.66

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References

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