[3][4] A midfielder, Abdah played for Terengganu and Pahang in the Malaysia Cup between the 1970s to 1980s.

He was a squad player for Malaysia national team in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup.

[6][7][8] He also part of the Malaysian team that qualified to the 1980 Olympic games Moscow which Malaysia boycotted.

[9] Malaysia won the play-off against South Korea with a 2–1 score in the Merdeka Stadium.

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