Career
He played for Perlis FA in Malaysia"s domestic competition until 1984. A midfielder, Bakri was in the Malaysia squad that qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics football competition (though later Malaysia boycotted the Games). Bakri also represented Malaysia in other competitions, playing in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup in Kuwait, and winning gold medals in the regional Southeast Asian Games in 1977 and 1979.
As a coach, Bakri has coached Perlis FA from 1981 to 1983, while he was still playing with them.
He later returned to coach them again in the 1990s. Bakri has also coached Bank Rakyat football team in the local inter-bank championship, JKR Perlis, and as assistant head coach to Malaysia national team coach Rahim Abdullah in 1991.
