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Norshahrul Idlan
Personal information
Full name Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha
Date of birth (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth Besut, Malaysia,
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1998–2002 Perak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Perak
2006–2007 Negeri Sembilan
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)
2020–2021 BG Pathum United 6 (0)
2022 Sarawak United 16 (4)
2023 Melaka United 12 (0)
2024 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  Malaysia
AFF Championship
Winner2010
Runner-up2014
Runner-up2018
Southeast Asian Games
First place2009
Merdeka Tournament
Winner2007
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019

Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha (born 8 June 1986) is a Malaysian former professional footballer who played as a forward. From 2007 to 2022, he represented the Malaysia national team. He is most popularly known as Mat Yo by Malaysian football fans.

Career

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Perak

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Norshahrul was born in Besut, Terengganu. His talent in football started at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Jertih, Terengganu, where he rose up to represent Terengganu in the National Schools Sports Council of Malaysia tournament (MSSM football tournament) in 1998. Later, he attended his secondary education at Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil from form 1 to form 5. He was involved in most national under-age groups' teams and youth levels before Perak FA secured him a professional contract in 2004.

UPB-MyTeam

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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

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Norshahrul join Kelantan in late 2009. He was part of their 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] He won three times in a row 2010,2011 and 2012 for Anugerah Bolasepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM and Piala Supermokh Best Forward.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

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After spending three years in Kota Bharu, Norshahrul left the Kelantanese outfit to join Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) for an undisclosed fee. He was the highest-scoring local player throughout the season.

Armed Forces

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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.[3]

Terengganu

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After only 3 months with ATM FA, Norshahrul encountered problems with the payment of his salary. He signed with Terengganu for the remaining of 2015 Malaysia Super League season.[4]

Felda United

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Norshahrul signed with Felda United after spending two years with Terengganu.

Pahang

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After a disappointing deal with Felda United, he went on to sign with Malaysian Super League runners up Pahang.[5] He won Piala Fa Cup 2018.

BG Pathum United

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After released by Pahang, he signed a one-year contract with BG Pathum United for 2020 Thai League 1 season.[6] With BG Pathum, he created history by becoming the first Malaysian professional footballer to won a first division league title in Thailand.[7]

Melaka United

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In 2022 Norshahrul joined Melaka United on a 1-year deal.[8] Melaka United also failed to settle salary for 6 months.

Harini FT

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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.[9] 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. First local player won cup Champions E-games.

International career

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Norshahrul has played for the Malaysia national youth team for 2004 AFC Youth Championship. He win Best Player and Top Scorer Nike Cup in Thailand. 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 Pestabola Merdeka. 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.[10] Norshahrul scored one goal in the tournament, against Vietnam in the semi-final second leg.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 6 October 2023[12]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Others Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2003PerakMalaysia Premier League 1000–0
2004Malaysia Super League000–0
2005000–0
2005–06000–0
Total 000–0
2006–07Negeri SembilanMalaysia Super League00060
Total 000600
2007–08UPB-MyTeamMalaysia Super League400–4
20091002–12
Total 1402–16
2010KelantanMalaysia Super League23112093–3414
201125197284–4025
201221631113303810
Total 693612328103011249
2013Johor Darul Takzim FCMalaysia Super League2177084–3611
20141814180–302
Total 398111164–6613
2015ATMMalaysia Super League5110––61
Total 5110––61
2015TerengganuMalaysia Super League1313130–192
20161711051–232
Total 3024181–424
2017Felda UnitedMalaysia Super League194108051335
Total 194108051335
2018PahangMalaysia Super League1526282–296
20191132060–193
Total 26582142–489
2020BG Pathum UnitedThai League 1600000–60
Total 600000–60
2021Sarawak UnitedMalaysia Premier League164–10–174
Total 164–10–174
2022Melaka UnitedMalaysia Super League12032–152
Total 12032––152
2023Harini FTMalaysia M3 League227–2120268
Total 227–2120268

International

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As of 28 May 2021[1][13]
Malaysia national team
YearAppsGoals
200710
200975
201098
201140
2012133
201363
2014112
201510
201650
201700
2018117
2019124
202220
Total8231

International goals

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Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.[13]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 July 2009Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Zimbabwe14–04–0Friendly
1.11 September 2009Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Lesotho2–05–0Friendly
2.1 December 2010Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia1–01–52010 AFF Championship
3.7 December 2010Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Laos4–15–1
4.9 December 2012Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thailand1–01–12012 AFF Championship
5.15 October 2013Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia Bahrain1–11–12015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.11 December 2014Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam2–04–22014 AFF Championship
7.12 October 2018Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka1–14–1Friendly
8.8 November 2018Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia1–01–02018 AFF Championship
9.12 November 2018Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Laos2–13–1
10.3–1
11.24 November 2018 Myanmar1–03–0
12.5 December 2018Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Thailand2–22–2
13.7 June 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Timor-Leste3–07–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.5 October 2019 Sri Lanka3–06–0Friendly

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.[14][15]

U-23 team

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Appearances in major competitions

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Competition App. Goals Team Result
2008 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament10Second round
2007 SEA Games30Group stage
2009 SEA Games63Winners
2010 Asian Games42Round of 16

Honours

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Club

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Kelantan FA
Johor Darul Takzim
Pahang FA
BG Pathum United

International

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Individual

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References

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  1. 1 2 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha - International Appearances - RSSSF.
  2. ↑ Norsharul Dinobatkan Pemain Terbaik Kebangsaan - MStar, 2 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Coach Sathia believes Mat Yo will come good with Forces - Football - The Star Online". 3 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Mat Yo sah milik Penyu - Harian Metro (KLIK), 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Mat Yo sah sertai Tok Gajah - Harian Metro, 19 November 2017.
  6. ↑ RASMI: Matyo sertai BG Pathum United - Football Tribe, 16 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Kejayaan Bersama BG Pathum Cipta Sejarah Tersendiri Bagi Matyo - Vocket FC, 21 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Mat Yo sertai Melaka United
  9. ↑ Norshahrul Idlan Talaha sertai kelab liga M3, Harini FT
  10. ↑ "Man of the Match: Malaysia 3-2 Thailand - Goal.com". 22 December 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Zubir, Norshahrul in good form". 16 December 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  12. ↑ NORSHAHRUL IDLAN TALAHA - Malaysian Football League.
  13. 1 2 "Talaha, Norshahrul Idlan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  14. ↑ Asiagate: Zimbabwe's match-fixing scandal - Tendai Marima, 29 July 2011, aljazeera.com
  15. ↑ "Bribery and corruption behind Football match fixing in Malaysia, 13 September 2016". Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Goal.com's Asian Best XI for January - Shinji Kagawa, Javad Nekounam & many more get the nod". Goal.com. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012.
  17. ↑ "AFF AWARDS: Quang Hai, Pitsamai claim top honours". ASEAN Football Federation. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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