Norshahrul Idlan

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Norshahrul Idlan
Personal information
Full name Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha
Date of birth (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Besut, Malaysia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2002 Perak
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 Perak ? (0)
2006–2007 Negeri Sembilan ? (0)
2007–2009 UPB-MyTeam ? (14)
2010–2012 Kelantan 69 (36)
2013–2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim 39 (8)
2015 ATM 5 (1)
2015–2016 Terengganu 30 (2)
2017 Felda United 19 (4)
2018–2019 Pahang 36 (5)
2020 BG Pathum United 6 (0)
2021 Sarawak United 16 (4)
2022 Melaka United 12 (0)
2023 Harini FT 22 (7)
International career
2003–2004 Malaysia U-21 10 (2)
2006–2007 Malaysia U-23 14 (5)
2007–2021 Malaysia 81 [1] (14)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
AFF Championship
Winner 2010
Runner-up 2014
Runner-up 2018
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon.svg 2009
Merdeka Tournament
Winner 2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha (born 8 June 1986) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward and Malaysian football pundit. From 2007 to 2021, he represented the Malaysia national team. He popularly known as Mat Yo by Malaysian football fans.

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Career

Perak

Norshahrul was born in Besut, Terengganu. He moved to Perak when he was 1 months old. He attended a local school and started playing for the Perak at the age of 12. Then, he promoted to play for the Perak senior team in 2003. He was mostly a substitute for Perak and sometimes play for the reserve team.

UPB-MyTeam

He later signed by the newly created club, UPB-MyTeam FC. He was one of the team's key players and score 16 goals in all competition for the club.

Kelantan

Norshahrul join Kelatan in late 2009. He was part of Kelantan's 2010 Malaysia Cup winning team. Norshahrul won two awards at the 2010 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM as the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player. [2]

Johor Darul Ta'zim

After spending three years in Kota Bharu, Norshahrul left the Kelantanese outfit to join Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) for an undisclosed fee. On 8 January 2013, he made his debut and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to Pahang. In the same season, JDT qualify for the final of the Malaysia Cup where he missed a penalty. [3]

Armed Forces

Norshahrul joined ATM FA for the 2015 season, after leaving Johor Darul Takzim FC at the conclusion of his contract at the end of 2014. He was reunited with his former coach back when he was in Kelantan, B. Sathianathan. [4]

Terengganu

After only 3 months with ATM FA, he signed with Terengganu for the remaining of 2015 Malaysia Super League season. [5]

Felda United

Norshahrul signed with Felda United after spending two years with Terengganu. He scored his first goal a 1-0 victory against PKNS. He then went on to score his second goal against league leaders and former club Johor Darul Ta'zim in a 3-1 defeat.

Pahang

After a disappointing spell with Felda United, he went on to sign with Malaysian Super League runners up Pahang. [6]

BG Pathum United

After released by Pahang, he signed a one-year contract with BG Pathum United for 2020 Thai League 1 season. [7] With BG Pathum, he created history by becoming the first Malaysian professional footballer to won a first division league title in Thailand. [8]

Melaka United

In 2022 Norshahrul joined Melaka United on a 1-year deal. [9] Melaka United also fail to settle salary for 6 months.

Harini FT

In 2023 at the age of 37,Norshahrul made a sensational move to second tier side Malaysia M3 League Harini FT as one of the ex Malaysia national team players to join a semi-pro league. [10] In a 2023 Malaysia Cup Round of 16 fixtures against Sri Pahang on 4 August 2023, Norshahrul scored the equaliser that level the game at 2–2 but unfortunately felt to a last minute goal where it would ended up in a 3–2 defeat.

International career

Norshahrul has played for the Malaysia national youth team for 2004 AFC Youth Championship. He scored against Nepal during the tournament as Malaysia made it to the quarter finals. He is also one of the Malaysia under 23 players that won the 2007 Merdeka Tournament. He made his full international debut against Bahrain on 28 October 2007 after coming in for Sumardi Hajalan.[ citation needed ]

On 12 July 2009, Norshahrul scored his first senior international goals in an unofficial match against Uganda. He later score his first full international goal against Lesotho on 11 September 2009.[ citation needed ]

In November 2010, Norshahrul was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Norshahrul scored 2 goals for Malaysia that time, one was a 5–1 loss against Indonesia and a 5–1 victory against Laos. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.[ citation needed ]

On 9 December 2012, he scored a goal for Malaysia against Thailand in 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, as Malaysia failed to retain the title having lost to Thailand on aggregate in the semi-finals.[ citation needed ]

Norshahrul was again included by new coach Dollah Salleh for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup squad, and played in all of Malaysia games as Malaysia advanced into the finals, only to be denied of the title by Thailand. [11] Norshahrul scored one goal in the tournament, against Vietnam in the semi-final second leg. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2023 [13]
Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupOthersTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2003 Perak Malaysia Premier League 1 0000
2004 Malaysia Super League 0000
2005 0000
2005–06 0000
Total0000
2006–07 Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Super League 00060
Total000600
2007–08 UPB-MyTeam Malaysia Super League 4004
2009 100212
Total140216
2010 Kelantan Malaysia Super League 231120933414
2011 251972844025
2012 21631113303810
Total693612328103011249
2013 Johor Darul Takzim FC Malaysia Super League 21770843611
2014 1814180302
Total3981111646613
2015 ATM Malaysia Super League 511061
Total511061
2015 Terengganu Malaysia Super League 1313130192
2016 1711051232
Total3024181424
2017 Felda United Malaysia Super League 194108051335
Total194108051335
2018 Pahang Malaysia Super League 1526282296
2019 1132060193
Total26582142489
2020 BG Pathum United Thai League 1 60000060
Total60000060
2021 Sarawak United Malaysia Premier League16410174
Total16410174
2022 Melaka United Malaysia Super League12032152
Total12032152
2023 Harini FT Malaysia M3 League 2272120268
Total2272120268

International

As of 28 May 2021 [1] [14]
Malaysia national team
YearAppsGoals
200710
200971
201092
201140
2012131
201361
2014111
201510
201650
201700
2018116
2019122
202110
Total8114

International goals

Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first. [14]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 July 2009 Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 14–04–0 Friendly
1.11 September 2009 Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2–05–0Friendly
2.1 December 2010 Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1–01–5 2010 AFF Championship
3.7 December 2010 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, IndonesiaFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 4–15–1
4.9 December 2012 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–01–1 2012 AFF Championship
5.15 October 2013 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, MalaysiaFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1–11–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.11 December 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2–04–2 2014 AFF Championship
7.12 October 2018 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–14–1Friendly
8.8 November 2018 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1–01–0 2018 AFF Championship
9.12 November 2018Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 2–13–1
10.3–1
11.24 November 2018Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1–03–0
12.5 December 2018 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, ThailandFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2–22–2
13.7 June 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFlag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 3–07–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.5 October 2019Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3–06–0Friendly

1 FIFA revoked the ‘A’ international classification for the matches once it was discovered that a Zimbabwean club team, Monomotapa United impersonated as the Zimbabwe national team and were not approved by the Zimbabwe Football Association. [15] [16]

U-23 team

Appearances in major competitions

CompetitionApp.GoalsTeam Result
2008 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament 10Second round
2007 SEA Games 30Group stage
2009 SEA Games 63Winners
2010 Asian Games 42Round of 16

Honours

Club

Kelantan FA
Johor Darul Takzim
Pahang FA
BG Pathum United

International

Malaysia U-19

Malaysia

Individual

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