He retired from the game in 2000. Ahmad Sabri now the goal keeping coach at Malaysia Super League side Kedah FA. During this time he also played in the 1989 Southern Economic Association, USA Games football gold medalist squad. His combinations with Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah (head coach) and Muhamad Radhi Mat Din (assistant coach) had earned Kedah with the double treble title.
The peak of his career was during his period as Kedah and Malaysia goalkeeper in the late 1980s. During his time at Kedah in the early 1990s he won many medals including one Division 2 (1992) and Division 1 title (1993), two Malaysia Cups (1990, 1993) and one FA Cup (1996). Sabri appeared for Malaysia in a 1990 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualifying match against Singapore.
