- published: 11 May 2016
- views: 6820
Datuk K. Rajagobal, (Rajagobal Krishnasamy) (Tamil: கி.ராஜகோபால்; born 10 July 1956) is a Malaysian football manager and former national player He is the former head coach for Malaysia national football team and Malaysia U-23 football team. Currently he is the head coach of Sarawak FA in Malaysia Super League.
Rajagopal has also appeared as a football pundit for Malaysian satellite television network Astro, including the first episode in August 2009 of the FourFourTwo TV Show.
Rajagopal started his coaching career in 1990 with PKNS FC. He also had stints as club coach with Selangor FA and Kelantan FA.
He was appointed coach for the young Malaysia U-20 team from 2004 until 2006; and the Malaysian U-19 (known as Harimau Muda A) in 2007 to 2009. Under his guidance, Harimau Muda A became the Premier League champion in 2009. Since July 2009, he is the head coach for both the Harimau Muda and Malaysia senior team, taking over from B. Sathianathan. His first games was a 3-0 win against Singapore under-23 team and 5-0 win against Zimbabwe .
Rajagopal's first feature film, “A Yellow Bird”, has been invited to participate in the 55th edition of La Semaine de la Critique (International Critics' Week). This being his first feature, Rajagopal is also in the running for the coveted Camera d’OR award for best feature film debut, which Singapore’s Anthony Chen won in 2013 for Ilo Ilo. Channel NewsAsia's Genevieve Loh spoke to him about his film and the themes behind it. (Video credit: Alicia Tantriady and Tay Hui Cheng)
TERIMA KASIH TERIMA KASIH K.RAJAGOPAL Rajagopal started his coaching career in 1990 with PKNS FC. He also had stints as club coach with Selangor FA and Kelantan FA. He was made the national coach for the young Malaysia U-20 team from 2004 until 2006; and the Malaysian U-19 (known as Harimau Muda A) in 2007 to 2009. Under his guidance, Harimau Muda A became the Premier League champion in 2009. Since July 2009, he is the head coach for both the Malaysian national and the Malaysian U-23 squad. Rajagopal is best known for guiding Malaysia's Under-23 side to its first gold medal in 20 years at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos where the team defeated Vietnam 1--0 in the final on December 17 after earlier knocking out 8-time defending champions, Thailand, in the group stage. After the vict...
Sehari selepas Persatuan Bolasepak Sarawak, FAS, mengambil keputusan merehatkan ketua jurulatih, Datuk K Rajagopal dan memberi tugasan baharu buatnya. Datuk K.Rajagobal akhirnya mengambil keputusan untuk meletakkan jawatan. Keputusan dibuat di atas persetujuan bersama pihak FAS dan K Rajagopal.
A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal (Feature film in competition) L'OISEAU D'OR de K. Rajagopal (Long métrage en compétition)
Selepas sepuluh tahun, hubungan Datuk K. Rajagobal bersama Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia FAM akhirnya terlerai. Badan induk itu memutuskan khidmat pengendali Harimau Malaya itu tidak lagi diperlukan selepas kontraknya berakhir 31 Disember ini.