![]() Nor Sillmy in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abang Nor Sillmy bin Abang Haji Taha | ||
Date of birth | 11 August 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Brunei | ||
Position(s) | Defender, Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2005 | Brunei | (22) | |
2002–2008 | Wijaya | ||
2009–2010 | Jerudong | ||
2011–2012 | DPMM | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Majra | (4) | |
2014 | Najip | (8) | |
2015–2016 | Kota Ranger | (15) | |
2022 | Ar Rawda | (1) | |
International career‡ | |||
1994 | Brunei U19 | ||
1999–2003 | Brunei | 14 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2017 |
Abang Nor Sillmy bin Abang Haji Taha (born 11 August 1978) is a Bruneian retired footballer. [1] He was a member of the Brunei national representative team for the Malaysian league that won the 1999 Malaysia Cup. [2] He is a versatile player who has played at various positions throughout his career. [3]
Initially a central defender, Norsillmy was a relative newcomer to the Brunei squad that was competing in the Malaysian M-League in 1999, coached by Englishman David Booth. [4] Although they finished seventh in Premier One, they began a hot streak in the subsequent Malaysia Cup campaign which concluded with winning the silverware, Brunei's first in 20 years of participation. [5] Norsillmy played in that final, a 2–1 victory over Sarawak hosted at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. [6]
Due to the restriction of import players in the following season, then coach Mick Jones started to place Norsillmy in attack, complimenting the diminutive Riwandi Wahit in a little-and-large combination. [7] Both of them only managed to score five goals each as the lack of foreign firepower condemned Brunei to the foot of the table and relegation to Premier Two. [8]
Norsillmy stayed with the Wasps until the 2004 season, scoring 22 goals in the role of a striker. [9]
Norsillmy played for Wijaya FC in the domestic B-League, winning the 2002 FA Cup and the 2003 championship. [10] In fact, he scored the solitary winning goal against MS ABDB in the first FA Cup final. [11] He left Wijaya for Jerudong FC in 2009, [12] then accepted an invitation to train and possibly play for Brunei's professional club DPMM FC in late 2011, in view of the 2012 S.League. [13] Despite putting pen to paper on a professional contract, [14] he failed the mandatory fitness test required by the S.League and failed to make his debut for the Gegar Gegar men. [15]
Norsillmy joined ambitious Majra FC at the start of the 2012–13 Brunei Super League and finished third in the new league. [16] [17] He moved to Najip FC in the following season, one of several big names to join the club that did not gain a single point the season before. [18] His brief but fruitful stay led Najip FC to third-place in the league as well as an FA Cup final appearance. [19] [20]
Norsillmy dropped a division in 2015, joining Kota Ranger FC in the Brunei Premier League, and finished in first place unbeaten. [21] Promotion to the 2016 Brunei Super League ensued, and he scored five goals to finish second in the goalscoring charts, despite his club only managing a sixth-place finish. [22]
In May 1994, Norsillmy travelled to Kuala Lumpur with the Brunei under-19s for the 1994 AFC Youth Championship qualifying group matches and managed to score against Singapore. [23]
Norsillmy made his international debut for the Brunei national team on 2 August 1999 against Cambodia in a 3–3 draw at the 20th SEA Games hosted by his home country. [24] He gained 14 caps for the Wasps, his final tournament being the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification games against Maldives and Myanmar in March 2003. [25]
Nor Sillmy's brother, Nor Hillmy Taha is a football coach who is head coach for Deno FC. [27] His nephew Abang Nur Hilman bin Abang Nor Hillmy is a goalkeeper who plays for Rimba Star FC. [28]
Norsillmy works at the Survey Department at the Ministry of Development of Brunei. [29]