Norshahrul Idlan

Norshahrul Idlan
Personal information
Full name Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha
Date of birth (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986
Place of birth Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Felda United
Number 9
Youth career
1998 – 2002 Perak FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 – 2006 Perak FA 11 (0)
2006 – 2007 Negeri Sembilan FA 28 (16)
2007 – 2009 UPB-MyTeam FC 75 (44)
2010 – 2012 Kelantan FA 70 (39)
2012 – 2014 Johor Darul Takzim F.C. 35 (16)
2015 ATM FA 12 (4)
2015–2016 Terengganu FA 19 (2)
2017– Felda United FC 17 (4)
National team‡
2003 – 2004 Malaysia U-21 10 (2)
2006 – 2010 Malaysia U-23 14 (5)
2007 – Malaysia 54 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 15, 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 23, 2017

Norshahrul Idlan Talaha is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Felda United and the Malaysia national team. He is also known as Mat Yo.

Career

Perak FA

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 FA President's Cup Team 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. After that, he was invited to play for the Malaysia national under-20 football team at the 2004 AFC Youth Championship that was held in Malaysia. He executed a perfect long range shot and scored ten goal for Malaysia. Malaysia later only made it to the quarter finals. After the tournament, he became a regular striker for Perak.

UPB-MyTeam FC

He later was invited to join the newly created club, UPB-MyTeam FC. He was one of the teams key player and the top scorer with 14 goals.

Kelantan FA

After UPB-MyTeam FC became defunct, he joined Kelantan FA. He was the top scorer in his first season at Kelantan FA . During the three seasons with Kelantan FA, he achieved a lot of success with the team especially in the 2012 season where he helped his team complete the treble by winning the 2012 Malaysia Cup. He also has won many individual awards such as Anugerah Bolasepak Kebangsaan as the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player.

Johor Darul Takzim FC

After spending three years in Kota Bharu, Norshahrul left the Kelantanese outfit to join Johor Darul Takzim FC for an undisclosed fee. On 8 January 2013, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to Pahang FA. He missed the penalty during Malaysia Cup Final 2014.

ATM FA

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 reunites with his former coach in Kelantan, B. Sathianathan who is the current coach of ATM.[1]

International career

Norshahrul has played for the Malaysia national youth team for 2004 AFC Youth Championship. 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.

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.

He was part of the 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.

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.

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.

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.[2] Norshahrul scored one goal in the tournament, against Vietnam in the semi-final second leg.[3]

Career stats

Club statistics

As of 12 February 2017.
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Malaysia League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Asia Total
2003PerakMalaysia Premier League 1 -
2004Malaysia Super League --
2005 -
2005–06 -
2006–07Negeri Sembilan --
2007–08UPB-MyTeam -
2009 -
2010Kelantan2311 -2311
2011251984 -3423
201221631113303810
Total -
2013Johor Darul Takzim FCMalaysia Super League 7 -
2014 1
Total 8-
2015ATMMalaysia Super League 1 -
Total 1-
2015TerengganuMalaysia Super League1313130-192
20161711000-171
Total 1924130-263
2017Felda UnitedMalaysia Super League420000-42
Total 420000-42
Career total

International statistics

Senior team

Malaysia national team
YearAppsGoals
200710
200971
201092
201140
2012131
201361
201471
Total476

Appearances in major competitions

Competition App. Goals Team Result
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup72Winner's
2012 AFF Suzuki Cup51Semi-final's

Full international goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 September 2009 MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia  Lesotho 5–0 Win Friendly match
2. 1 December 2010 Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia 1–5 Lost 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
3. 7 December 2010 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia  Laos 5–1 Win 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
4. 9 December 2012 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Thailand 1–1 Draw 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup
5. 15 October 2013 Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia  Bahrain 1–1 Draw 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6. 11 December 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Vietnam 4–1 Win 2014 AFF Championship

U-23 team

Appearances in major competitions

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

Johor Darul Takzim
:Winner
Kelantan FA

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Coach Sathia believes Mat Yo will come good with Forces - Football - The Star Online". Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Man of the Match: Malaysia 3-2 Thailand - Goal.com". 22 December 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Zubir, Norshahrul in good form". Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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