Borhan Abu Samah

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Borhan Abu Samah was a Singaporean footballer in the 1990s, who played many times for his country. He died on Oct 29th 1999 of liver cancer. He was 34.

He was a right-back best known for his hard-tackling and "bulldog" style of play, earning himself the nick-name of the "Russian Tank". He was part of the squad which won the Malaysia Cup in the 1994 FAM League season, after which Singapore pulled out to form their own S-League.