Malek Awab was a Singaporean

Singapore

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 in the 1980s and 1990s.

Malek Awab also holds the record for the most number of international caps for his country, Singapore (121 caps).

Representing the Lions in midfield, Malek was often seen running tirelessly for 90 minutes of the game, closing down on opposition players and making cutting runs into the opponents half. Together with Fandi Ahmad

Fandi Ahmad

Fandi bin Ahmad is a football coach and former professional footballer from Singapore. During his playing career, he enjoyed success playing in both Europe and Asia, and was captain of the Singapore national football team...

, Abbas Saad

Abbas Saad

Abbas Saad is an Australian former international football player.-Club career:Born in Lebanon, Saad moved to Australia and started a professional footballing career. A midfielder with a good eye for goal, he played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early 1990s...

 and V. Sundramoorthy

V. Sundramoorthy

V. Sundramoorthy is a retired Singaporean footballer in the 1980s and 1990s, and widely touted as one of the country's most skillful and talented footballers ever.-Playing Career:...

, they formed the backbone of the Singapore team

Singapore Lions

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 that won the Malaysia Cup

Malaysia Cup

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 in 1994.

Awab played for the Kuala Lumpur FA

Kuala Lumpur FA

The Kuala Lumpur Football Association is a Malaysian professional football association based in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. The association was founded as the Federal Territory Football Association in 1974 and entered Malaysian football competitions in 1979 before being renamed Kuala Lumpur in 1986...

 side that won the Malaysia Cup

Malaysia Cup

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 in 1988.

Married to seamstress Sharifah Nazihah.

Career details

1st international: King's Cup

King's Cup

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, Bangkok, 1980.

Kuala Lumpur FC, 1987-1991

Home United FC, 2000

Final game: Tiger Cup

Tiger Cup

The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

, 1996.