The phrase "advised him to play" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when suggesting or recommending that someone engage in a specific activity, in this case, playing.
Example: "The coach advised him to play more aggressively during the match."
Alternatives: "recommended that he play" or "suggested he play."
When he won the Chopin, his manager, Harold Shaw, advised him to play nothing but Chopin for three seasons.
He began studying trumpet in his early teens; fortuitously, in light of his later stylistic development, his first teacher advised him to play without vibrato.
"Eventually we'll work him in".... Woodson acknowledged that the team's training staff has advised him to play Amar'e Stoudemire no more than 30 minutes a game.
Dying with a sense of joy or breakthrough is easier, he added — a trick he learned from a mentor, Michael Langham, an early director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, who advised him to play Hamlet with a sense of scholarly wonder.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, and the slain president's brother advised him to play the game, suggesting it might bring relief to a grieving country.
After receiving his law degree from Cincinnati, Huggins realized that he could make even more money playing baseball, and as such William Howard Taft, one of Huggins' law professors, advised him to play baseball.
Olajuwon sought advice from the coaching staff about how to increase his playing time, and they advised him to work out with local Houston resident and multiple NBA MVP winner, Moses Malone.
But doctors feared possible career-ending repercussions, and advised him to stop playing.
New Orleans defensive tackle Nick Fairley has seen multiple heart specialists, including one who advised him to stop playing football, Saints Coach Sean Payton said.
He is a true box-to-box player that I had the pleasure to interview for my TV show and I advised him to keep playing that way.
