Khalid Shahdan is a former Malaysian footballer and a current coach. He was often called the "Malaysia zico" by fans.

Career

Khalid spent his footballing career in Johor, mainly with Johor FA, where he won two Malaysia Cup in 1985 and 1991 and Semi-Pro Division 1 championship in 1991. Towards the end of his footballing career, he played with Johor FC and won FAM Cup in 1995.

Khalid Shahdan

After retiring as player, Khalid moved into coaching, and earned coaching diploma from Football Association of Malaysia and Asian Football Confederation. He worked as coach in Johor FA in various age groups, and was the head coach of Johor in Malaysia Super League from 2004 to 2006. After he coached the Johor Malays team to win the King's Gold Cup championship in 2007, FA of Malaysia then employed Khalid as head coach for their youth teams.

Khalid Shahdan

National team

An international for Malaysia in the 1980s, Khalid won the 1986 Merdeka Tournament. He also won silver medal for Malaysia in the 1987 Southeast Asian Games.

Khalid Shahdan

Honours

Player

Johor FA

Malaysia Super League / Division 1: 1991; runner-up 1985

Malaysia Cup: 1985, 1991; runner-up 1986

Malaysia Charity Shield: 1986; runner-up: 1992

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Cup: 1987

Johor FC

Malaysia FAM League: 1995; runner-up 1996

Malaysia

Merdeka Cup: 1986

Southeast Asian Games Silver Medal: 1987

Manager

Johor Malay

King's Gold Cup: 2007

References

Malaysian men's footballers

Malaysia men's international footballers

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players

Living people

1964 births

Footballers from Johor

SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia

SEA Games medalists in football

Men's association football midfielders

Competitors at the 1987 SEA Games