Dollah Salleh

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Dollah Salleh
Personal information
Full name Dollah Bin Salleh
Date of birth (1963-10-10) 10 October 1963 (age 59)
Place of birth Malacca, Malaysia
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sri Pahang (interim)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Johor 25 (12)
1987–1990 Selangor 180 (39)
1991–1996 Pahang 125 (76)
1997 Malacca 19 (9)
1998 Negeri Sembilan 12 (7)
Total257(143)
International career
1984–1996 Malaysia 81 [1] (33)
1996 Malaysia Futsal
Managerial career
2003–2004 Selangor MPPJ
2005–2008 Selangor
2008–2009 Kuantan Port-Shahzan Muda
2010–2013 Pahang
2014 PDRM
2014–2015 Malaysia
2015–2016 Perlis FA
2017–2021 Sri Pahang
2022– Sri Pahang (Interim)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (as manager)
AFF Championship
Runner-up 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian football coach and former player. He is well-known to MSL fans as Pablo Dollah. [2] One of Malaysia's most decorated players, he has also been manager of Malaysia's national team.

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Playing career

Dollah was one of Malaysia's top footballers in the 1980s and 90s. With striking partner Zainal Abidin Hassan, the two were regarded as the twin strikers by fans. Dollah first played in Malaysian football in 1982. At that time he represented Johor, which was one of the teams in the semi-pro era. When Dollah joined Selangor in 1987, a new twin striker was born after the era of Hassan Sani and James Wong. He and Zainal became a fierce striking duo for both Selangor and the Malaysia national team. In 1991, he left Selangor to join Pahang with Zainal and Singapore football star Fandi Ahmad where they created a 'dream team', winning both the league and Malaysia Cup in 1992. [3]

With the national team, Dollah won the gold medal at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games. He also helped the national team to won the 1993 Merdeka Tournament by beating South Korea 3–1. Dollah also played in the first edition of ASEAN Football Championship, where the national team reached the final of the competition but lost 0–1 to Thailand. He also played for the Malaysia national futsal team, and was on the squad that took part in the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Spain. [4] [5] Dollah retired as a player after the 1998 season ended, last playing for Negeri Sembilan. Overall, Dollah had total 81 caps with 33 international goals for Malaysia. [6] He has also been a influence on players such as Safee Sali and LJ Green.

Coaching career

Dollah started his coaching career with Selangor MPPJ in 2003. [7] The same year he guided the team to become the first-ever club to win the Malaysia Cup by beating Sabah 3–0. He later guided Selangor MPPJ to win the Malaysia Charity Shield and Malaysia Premier League in 2004. In 2005, Selangor signed a long deal with him. That year, Selangor won three trophies: the Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia FA Cup, and Malaysia Cup. However, in the 2005–06 season, Selangor failed to keep their momentum as they failed to win any trophy. Even though Selangor failed to win any trophy, Selangor kept Dollah in charge for the 2006–07 season. The 2007–08 season saw the revival of Selangor as they went through to the final of the Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup. However, they were beaten by Kedah with the same score line in the two finals. This failure saw Dollah let go by the management.

In the 2009 season, Dollah reunited with his old partner Zainal. This time they played the role of manager and coach for Kuantan Port-Shahzan Muda. In the middle of the 2009 season, he went on to coach Pahang, replacing Tajuddin Noor. [3] After successfully helping Pahang lift its first Malaysia Cup in 21 years, Dollah signed on to coach PDRM for the 2014 season in the Malaysian second-tier league. In his only season with PDRM, he guided them to the 2014 Malaysia Premier League title and a promotion to the Super League.

Dollah was appointed as the new head coach of Malaysia national team in June 2014, signing a 2-year contract. [8] He led Malaysia to second place in the 2014 AFF Championship. However, he received much criticism as he was responsible for twin 0–6 defeats at the hands of Palestine and Oman, and the team's failure to get three points against Timor Leste, Bangladesh and Hong Kong, and losing to Tajikistan and Syria that were once at the same standard as Malaysia earlier in 2014. On 3 September 2015, he had similar fate as Otto Rehhagel (12–0 loss), Aji Santoso (10–0 loss) and Luiz Felipe Scolari (1–7 loss) when his straw the largest record defeat of the national team, a 0–10 loss at the hands of the United Arab Emirates. This subsequently led him to resign as the head coach. [9] [10]

Honours (player)

Club

Johor
Selangor
Pahang

International

Malaysia

Achievements (coach)

Malaysia

With Selangor MPPJ

With Selangor

With Pahang

With PDRM

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References

  1. ↑ Dollah Salleh - International Appearances. RSSSF
  2. ↑ "Longlai lawan kelab M3, nama Pablo Dollah jadi sebutan" (in Malay). Majoriti. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Eric Samuel (5 November 2013). "Patience pays off for Pahang coach Dollah". The Star. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Team Malaysia". FIFA. 1996. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Top five all-time top scorers for Malaysian football team". Khelnow. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF
  7. ↑ "Statistik: Kenali 5 Ketua Jurulatih Paling Berjaya Di Liga-M Sejak 1994" (in Malay). Axello.net. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ↑ Nik Afiq (30 June 2014). "Dollah Salleh appointed the new head coach of Harimau Malaya". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Darren Goon (9 May 2015). "Is Dollah Salleh the worst Malaysia head coach over the past decade?". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Suryati Mohd Nor; T Avineshwaran (4 September 2015). "Dollah Salleh: I quit". The Star. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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