Nor Farhan Muhammad

Nor Farhan Muhammad

Personal information
Full name	Mohd Nor Farhan Bin Muhammad
Date of birth	(1984-12-19) 19 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Wakaf Tapai, Malaysia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team	PDRM
Number	20
Youth career
2001–2004	Terengganu President Cup Team
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Terengganu	21	(8)
2007–2009	PDRM	24	(9)
2009–2010	Kelantan	52	(12)
2010–2011	T-Team	22	(5)
2011–2013	Kelantan	43	(20)
2013–2014	Terengganu	22	(5)
2015–2018	Kelantan	37	(6)
2018	→ D'AR Wanderers (loan)	5	(5)
2019–20	PDRM FC	5	(0)
International career‡
2006–2007	Malaysia U-23
2006–2015	Malaysia	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 07, 2016

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Muhammad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Nor Farhan.

Mohd Nor Farhan Bin Muhammad, P.B. ^[1] (born 19 December 1984) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as forward and attacking midfielder. ^[2]

Farhan's international senior debut was against Singapore on 31 May 2006. He also played in 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar represented Malaysia U-23 team. ^[3] During the first match of the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers against Qatar Farhan only played in the second half. It ended with his team losing 0–2 to Qatar in the match. ^[4]

Club career

Terengganu

Farhan made his senior debut with east coast Malaysia club Terengganu and played for the club during 2005–06 season until 2006–07 season. Farhan enjoyed a highly successful season with the club and became one of the top scorer. ^[5]

PDRM

After two successful seasons with Terengganu, Farhan moved to on the rise club during that time PDRM. He helped the club to gain 9th place in 2007–08 Malaysia Super League. ^[6] He scored two goals on big winning over Kuala Lumpur in the Malaysia Cup Group B match, 7–0. ^[7]

Kelantan

2012 season

After a season playing for T-Team, Farhan returned to Kelantan in 2012 season. In last league match campaign, with a resounding 3–1 victory against Sarawak in Kelantan's final (26th) match at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium in Kota Bharu. Farhan put the finishing touches with a brace, his goals coming in the 65th and 67th minutes respectively. Kelantan's captain Badhri Radzi had put the hosts ahead in the 61st minute before.

In the first round of the FA Cup, against Sarawak Farhan became a hero when he scored the winner goal in the final minute after both teams almost ended draw. Kelantan won 2–1 and the first goal scored by Indra Putra. Farhan's brace in the 3–0 win over KL SPA in the first leg of the FA Cup quarter-final has virtually sealed Kelantan's place in the last four. ^{[8] [9]} Farhan credited his strike partner Onyekachi Nwoha for his goal rush during that match. Farhan missed the action in the 1–0 win over Sime Darby in the FA Cup final when coach Bojan Hodak opted to pair up Norshahrul Idlan with Mohammed Ghaddar in attack. ^[10]

On 23 May, Farhan was the hero for the Kelantan, scoring a brace in the second and 18th minutes when Kelantan defeated Terengganu 3–2 in 2012 AFC Cup knockout stage. Rizal Fahmi contributed the other goal in the 44th minute. Despite playing on a wet and slippery pitch after a thunderstorm, Kelantan took only two minutes to grab the lead. From a pass by Ghanaian striker Denny Antwi, Farhan easily beat goalkeeper Sharbinee Allawee. Denny Antwi was again the provider in the 18th minute and Farhan gleefully tucked away the chance to make it 2–0. A minute before half-time, Kelantan raced to a 3–0 lead when Rizal Fahmi stunned Sharbinee Allawee with a 30-yard free-kick. Terengganu replied through Ismail Faruqi (56th) and Forkey Doe (83rd). With that victory Kelantan enabled to play the quarter-finals against Arbil. ^[11] Unfortunately, Arbil won 6–2 on aggregate.

On 15 October, Farhan scored winning goal for Kelantan in the 62nd minute during first leg of Malaysia Cup semi-finals against Selangor. ^[12] Nevertheless, Farhan has been unable to play in the Malaysia Cup final against ATM FA after picking up his second yellow card in the 2–0 semi-final, second leg win over Selangor.

2013 season

On 28 November, Farhan scored 1 goal in pre-season match against QAS. Kelantan FA won that match 3–0. Another 2 goals scored by Khairul Izuan and Aris Zaidi.

Return to Terengganu

Farhan rejoined Terengganu despite Kelantan offering high salary for the player. ^[13]

Return to Kelantan

Farhan later make a return to Kelantan in 2015. He gets an injury during the 2015 Malaysia Cup against T-Team which made him unavailable for the rest of the competition. ^[14] After being frozen out of the Kelantan first team as a result of new head coach Fajr Ibrahim reshuffling of the team, Farhan signed with Malaysia FAM League team D'AR Wanderers on loan from April 2018 until the end of the 2018 season. ^[15]

International career

Farhan was selected to represent Malaysia for 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He only made two appearances as substitute. Farhan also helping Malaysia to win 2007 Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3–1. He was a member of the Malaysia team when Malaysia participated in 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. B. Sathianathan was the team coach at that time. ^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2018. ^{[17] [18] [19] [20]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Terengganu	2005–06	Malaysia Premier League	??	??	6	2	8	6	—		14	8
	2006–07	Malaysia Premier League	21	8	??	??	??	??	—		21	8
	Total		21	8	6	2	8	6	—		35	16
PDRM	2007–08	Malaysia Premier League	24	9	??	0	??	6	—		30	15
	Total		24	9	??	0	??	6	—		30	15
Kelantan	2009	Malaysia Super League	26	7	8	0	11	0	—		45	7
	2010	Malaysia Super League	26	5	??	0	??	1	—		??	6
	Total		52	12	8	0	11	1	—		71	13
T-Team	2011	Malaysia Super League	22	5	1	0	8	4	—		31	9
	Total		22	5	1	0	8	4	—		31	9
Kelantan	2012	Malaysia Super League	24	6	6	5	10	5	7	2	47	18
	2013	Malaysia Super League	19	6	6	2	11	3	7	0	43	11
	Total		43	12	12	7	21	8	14	2	90	29
Terengganu	2014	Malaysia Super League	22	5	1	0	8	4	—		31	9
	Total		22	5	1	0	8	4	—		31	9
Kelantan	2015	Malaysia Super League	17	6	6	0	3	0	—		26	6
	2016	Malaysia Super League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2017	Malaysia Super League	14	0	1	0	6	0	—		21	0
	2018	Malaysia Super League	5	0	2	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		37	6	9	0	9	0			55	6
D'AR Wanderers	2018	Malaysia FAM League	5	5	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0			5	0
Career total			226	62	37	9	65	29	14	2	342	102

International

As of 28 August 2017 ^[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia	2006	4	0
	2007	5	0
	2013	1	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	1	0
Total		12	0

Honours

Club

Kelantan

• Malaysia Super League: 2012; Runner-up 2010
• Malaysia Cup: 2010, 2012; Runner-up 2009, 2013
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2012, 2013; Runner-up 2009, 2015
• Malaysia Charity Shield: Runner-up 2012

International

Malaysia

• Pestabola Merdeka  : 2007

Individual

FAM Football Awards

• Best Young Players: 2005/06
• Best Striker: 2013, 2014

References

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3. MazramM Idzam Ridzal Mahmud (8 November 2011) Kelantan ikat tiga pemain import. sinarharian.com.my
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5. Nor Farhan rehat sebulan « Bincang Bola. Bincangbola.blogdrive.com (30 December 2006). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
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9. Hodak praises influential Onyekachi Archived 25 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Football.thestar.com.my (26 March 2012). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
10. Unlucky Norfarhan frustrated at missing Cup final again Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Football.thestar.com.my (16 October 2012). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
11. Red Warriors edge Terengganu to reach AFC Cup quarter-finals Archived 27 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Football.thestar.com.my (24 May 2012). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
12. Nor Farhan goal gives Kelantan the edge Archived 18 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Football.thestar.com.my (7 October 2012). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
13. "Norfarhan makes shocking move to Terengganu | Goal.com".
14. "Ben10 berehat panjang - Sukan - Sinar Harian". www.sinarharian.com.my. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016.
15. "Tipulah kalau tidak sedihkan" (in Malay). Dunia Sukan.com. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
16. Exclusive: Kelantan's Norfarhan Mohammad vows to perform for Malayan Tigers. Goal.com (1 February 2013). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
17. Super-sub Norfarhan bags it for Kelantan against Armed Forces. Football.thestar.com.my (30 March 2013). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
18. Liga Malaysia Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Utusan.com.my. Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
19. Malaysia 2005. Rsssf.com (1 July 2006). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
20. > Arena > Liga Super Malaysia > Pemain Archived 17 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Stadium Astro (19 December 1984). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.
21. "Muhammad, Nor Farhan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

External links

• Nor Farhan Muhammad at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad at SoccerPunter.com
• Nor Farhan Muhammad at Soccerway
• Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad at Stadium Astro at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 July 2013)