Borhan Abu Samah

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Borhan Abu Samah was a Singaporean footballer in the 1990s, who played in the Singapore national football team. He died on October 29, 1999 of liver cancer at the age of 34.

He was a left-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 Malaysian League and Malaysia Cup double in the 1994 FAM League season, after which Singapore pulled out to form their own S.League.