Abdul Ghani Minhat
Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani bin Minhat PSM PJN AMN DSSA DIMP ( Jawi : عبدالغاني منحة; ‎ an haife shi a watan Disambar 1935 - ya rasu a ranar 28 ga watan Satumbar 2012) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne wanda ya wakilci ƙungiyar Selangor FA da Negeri Sembilan FA a cikin shekarun 1950 har zuwa ƙarshen shekarar 1960s. Ya taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba da winger yayin da yake wakiltar Malaya da Malaysia . An san shi da Raja Bola  ( Malay for King of ball) kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Malaysia.

Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat a ranar 23 ga watan Disambar shekarar 1935 a Kampung Solok, Rantau, Negeri Sembilan .  Daga baya Abdul Ghani ya halarci makarantar Gimbiya Road School (yanzu Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Raja Muda) yana ɗan shekara 10 a shekara ta 1945.  Ya wakilci ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta makarantar kuma ya taka leda sosai. Bayan shekaru biyu, Abdul Ghani ya halarci Sekolah St. John's Kuala Lumpur kuma ya ci gaba da taka leda a ƙungiyar makaranta. A cikin shekarar 1951, jami'an 'yan sanda na gida sun gano gwanintarsa wanda daga bisani suka ba shi takalman ƙwallon ƙafa na farko. A wancan lokacin, ƙwararrun ƴan ƙwallon ƙafa ne kaɗai ke iya samun takalmin ƙwallon ƙafa saboda yana da tsada sosai a ƙarshen shekarun 1950.

Sana'a 
Yana da shekaru 17, daga baya jami'an 'yan sanda sun gano hazaƙarsa waɗanda daga baya suka gayyaci Abdul Ghani ya buga wasa da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta 'yan sanda a gasar Selangor.  An nemi ya taka leda a ɓangaren hagu, duk da cewa yana da ƙafar dama. Ya yi amfani da wannan damar wajen bunƙasa fasahar ƙafar hagu.

A cikin shekarar 1955, an zaɓi Abdul Ghani don buga wasa tare da Selangor FA a ƙoƙarinsu na lashe kofin HMS Malaya a karon farko cikin shekaru 6. Selangor ya kara da Singapore a gasar cin kofin Malaya a shekarar 1956.  Abdul Ghani ya taimakawa Selangor ta doke Singapore da ci 2-1 ta hanyar zura ƙwallo a ragar Selangor. Abokan wasansa sun yaba da kwazonsa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wasan, kocin ƙasar Neoh Boon Hean ya kira shi don ya wakilci tawagar ƙasar Malaya a wasan sada zumunci da Cambodia .

Abdul Ghani ya ci gaba da taka leda a Selangor tsawon shekaru kuma an ɗauki Selangor a matsayin kulob mafi kyau a Malaya mai suna The Red Giants. Abdul Ghani, tare da M. Chandran, Stanley Gabrielle, Robert Choe da Arthur Koh, Selangor ya kasance mai ƙarfi da tsoro a duk faɗin Malaysia da Singapore.

Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ya fi dacewa da shi an aika shi a kan abubuwan da aka makala don samun ƙwarewa da kuma samun horo mafi kyau ga ƙungiyoyi da yawa a Ingila ( West Ham United, Arsenal, Spurs ), Wales ( Cardiff City ) da Jamus ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) a 1962. 

A cikin shekarar 1967, Abdul Ghani ya taimaka wa Selangor don samun cancantar shiga gasar zakarun kulob na Asiya na shekarar 1967 . Sun yi nasarar zuwa wasan ƙarshe ne bayan da suka doke ƙungiyar Tungsten Mining FC ta Koriya ta Kudu . Kulob ɗin Hapoel Tel Aviv na Isra'ila ya yi nasarar doke Selangor ta hanyar lallasa ɓangaren Abdul Ghani da ci 2-1 a Bangkok .  Koyaya, Selangor ya yaba da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Malaysia ta kasancewa ƙungiyar farko da ta cancanci zuwa wasan ƙarshe a gasar zakarun kulob na Asiya .

Abdul Ghani ya yi ritaya a hukumance a shekara ta 1968 tare da wasan ƙarshe na cin kofin Malaysia na shekarar 1968 ya kasance wasan ƙarshe na Abdul Ghani a ƙwallon ƙafa.  Selangor ta samu nasara da ci 8-1.

Duba kuma 

 Jerin 'yan wasan kwallon kafa na maza masu kwallaye 50 ko fiye na kasa da kasa

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Hall of Fame = Dato' Hj Abd Ghani Minhat
 Arkib Negara – Dato' Abdul Ghani Minhat
Matattun 2012
Haihuwan 1935