Razip Ismail

Razip Ismail

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Razip bin Ismail
Date of birth	(1962-04-23) 23 April 1962
Place of birth	Selangor, Malaysia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Kuala Lumpur FA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979-1994	Kuala Lumpur FA
International career‡
1984-1989	Malaysia
Managerial career
2008-2012	Kuala Lumpur FA
2013-2014	Harimau Muda B
2015	Harimau Muda
2016	Bukit Jalil Sports School
2016–	Pahang FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2012

Mohamed Razip bin Ismail or popularly known as Razip Ismail (born 23 April 1962) is a Malaysian former football player and coach. His preferred playing position is as a defender.

Career as player

He formerly played for Kuala Lumpur FA from 1979 to 1994. He was in the Kuala Lumpur team that won Malaysia Cup three times in a row (1987, 1988, 1989), FA Cup two times in a row (1993, 1994) and the league championship (1986, 1988).

Razip also played for Malaysia in international tournaments. He was part of the team that cliched the football gold medal for Malaysia in the 1989 Southeast Asian Games held in Kuala Lumpur.

Career as coach

Razip coached his former team Kuala Lumpur FA from 2008 until 2012. During that time Kuala Lumpur were promoted to the Malaysia Super League in 2009 before being relegated to the Malaysia Premier League in 2012.

He took over as head coach of Harimau Muda B, who were playing in the Singapore's S.League, from Ismail Ibrahim in 2013, on a 2-year contract. In February 8, 2015, Razip won his first ever international tournament as coach after beating Bangladesh 3-2 in Bangabandhu Cup final, awarding the Malaysia U-22 squad the cup.

On 17 March 2016, Razip was appointed head coach of Pahang FC.