Abu Bakar Fadzim

Abu Bakar bin Fadzim (born 29 August 1971) is a Malaysian football coach and former football player. He is the head coach of Malaysia Premier League club Perak FA II.

Abu Bakar Fadzim
Personal information
Full name Abu Bakar bin Fadzim
Date of birth (1971-08-29) 29 August 1971
Place of birth Penang, Malaysia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Perak FA II (Head coach)
Youth career
1990 Perak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 PDRM 31 (3)
1993–1998 Perak 13 (1)
1999 Perlis 20 (2)
2000–2003 Perak 33 (3)
Total 97 (9)
Managerial career
2009 Perak (youth)
2010 Perak (assistant)
2011–2013 Perak FA (youth)
2010–2011 Perak Malay FA
2013–2014 Perak
2014–2015 Perak (assistant)
2015– Perak FA II
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Fadzim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Abu Bakar.

Playing career

Abu Bakar played for Perak from 1991 to 2003, except in 1999 when he played for Perlis. Abu Bakar also played for PDRM during his early playing career. Among his achievements as a player was winning the Malaysia Cup with Perak in 1998 and 2000.

Coaching career

Abu Bakar took a job as an Assistant Technical Director with Perak after retiring as a player. He has been the assistant head coach for Perak senior team under Yang Mulia Raja Azlan Shah Raja So'ib for 2010 season.[1]

He took over the Perak President's Cup Head coach job in 2011 having been the assistant coach for the team under Raja Azlan from 2007, the last time Perak win the competition.[2] He guided the team to win the President's Cup competition in 2012.[3] He was also the head coach of Perak Malay FA team who is competing in the Piala Emas Raja-Raja (Regent's Gold Cup in Malay) competition.

He was appointed as head coach of Perak in October 2013, after the resignation of Azraai Khor.[4][5] He holds this position until October 2014, where he was demoted to assistant head coach after the appointment of Vjeran Simunić as head coach.

On 31 July 2015, Abu Bakar has been appointed as the PKNP FC as the club's head coach.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 26 July 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Perak FA II 31 July 2016 Present 81 42 15 24 051.9
Total 81 42 15 24 051.9 —

References
  1. Raj, R. G. (9 January 2004). "Bakar returns to the pitch as coach". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  2. "Perak juara Piala Presiden 2012". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. "Skipper Nurridzuan nets winner for Perak". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  4. "Early release will be resolved soon: Azraai - Football | The Star Online". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
  5. "New Perak head coach announced | Goal.com".


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