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Badrulzaman Abdul Halim

Malaysian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 6, 2025
Entity authorityQ10440788 ↗
Source-derived summary

Badrulzaman Abdul Halim (born on 2 April 1978 Selangor) is a Malaysian footballer who is currently a goalkeeper. He was a member of the Malaysian national team.

He was twice called up for Malaysia squad friendly against Indonesia and India in June and July 2008. He was also included in the 2008 Merdeka Tournament but was not chosen to play.

At the 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup, Badrulzaman made his international debut against Vietnam on 12 November 2008 although it is not FIFA International 'A' matches. On 18 November 2008, Badrulzaman made his debut in 'A' international matches against Myanmar.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Badrulzaman Abdul Halim” is malaysian footballer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Badrulzaman, Abdul and Halim, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-04-02. For this dossier, Badrulzaman, Abdul and Halim is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “malaysian footballer” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 6, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q10440788. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Badrulzaman Abdul Halim” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.