| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Akmal Rizal Bin Ahmad Rakhli | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1981[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jitra, Kedah, Malaysia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Penang | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Kedah FA President | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | RC Strasbourg Academy | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Kedah FA | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | RC Strasbourg | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | → FCSR Haguenau (loan) | 36 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Kedah FA | 53 | (38) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Selangor FA | 39 | (23) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Kuala Muda NAZA FC | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Kelantan FA | 18 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Perak FA | 45 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Kedah FA | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Sarawak FA | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Kedah United F.C. | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 242 | (107) | ||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Malaysia U-23 | 24 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Malaysia | 22[2] | (9) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | PB Melayu Kedah | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Penang (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Penang U21 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Penang (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
| 2024– | Penang | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 December 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Akmal Rizal Bin Ahmad Rakhli (born 12 December 1981) is a former Malaysian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is well known for his finishing ability and good technique. Apart from that, he is one of the batch of Malaysians to play overseas.[3] Akmal Rizal is the current head coach of Malaysia Super League club Penang.
- ^ Ahmad Rizal Ahmad Rakhli - Soccerway.
- ^ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF.
- ^ "Many went – but few succeeded". The Star. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.