Abdul Kadir was a footballer who represented the Indonesia national football team as a winger. He scored his first international goal in his debut match during the Merdeka Tournament, an international friendly competition, against South Korea on 11 August 1967. Since then, he has become Indonesia's top scorer in international football, having scored 70 goals in 111 appearances for Indonesia. On 7 November 1969, Kadir scored his first international hat-trick against Singapore during a 1969 Merdeka Tournament match. In total, he has scored three hat-tricks, two of them against Malaysia, and he has netted twice in a match on fourteen occasions.
In August 1967, Kadir received his first call-up to the senior Indonesia national team ahead of their 1967 Merdeka Tournament participation in Kuala Lumpur. He made his debut on 11 August against South Korea, also managed to score his debut goal (Indonesia's only goal in the match) in a 1–3 defeat to the opposing team.After his international debut, Kadir continued to be trusted as a key player for Indonesia and has won many titles until his retirement. He played more than 100 international matches and score more than 70 international goals (including non 'A' match) for Indonesia national team as recognised by football statistic organisations RSSSF. He made his century of appearances for Indonesia against India in the Merdeka Tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia on 1 August 1974 – the match ended in a goalless draw. In total, he has made 111 appearances for the national team, making him the most capped player of all time for Indonesia. His 70 goals are also the most of all time for the Indonesia national team.
"As of 7 May 1979"
"Indonesia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kadir goal."