Datuk Zainal Abidin Hassan bin Mohd Ali (born 9 November 1961) is a Malaysian football coach and former player.

In the 1996 AFF Championship, Zainal Abidin was awarded the title of MVP of the tournament, captaining the national team from the centre-back position instead of his usual striking role.

[15] After the contract with Pahang FA ended, he reunited with his former striker partner Dollah Salleh while serving as manager and coach for Shahzan Muda FC.

In 2011, at age of 50 he returned to Pahang FA as assistant manager, where he worked again with Dollah, who was the current head coach.

In 2016, Zainal Abidin made his return to Selangor as head coach, replacing Mehmet Durakovic.

[18] Zainal, however, was sacked in August the same year, after poor performances by the team in the Super League and Malaysia Cup.

[20] After two years with Melaka, he returned back to coach Penang for a short period of time in the 2022 season.