Abdul Manaf bin Mamat (born 8 April 1987) is a Malaysian professional

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who plays for

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as a

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. He made nine appearances for the Malaysia national team scoring twice.

Career

Manaf has played for the Malaysia national team and Malaysia U23. He played one Olympic qualification match against

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in 2007. He was selected by Malaysia coach K.Rajagobal for the 2009 SEA Games football tournament. He scored one goal against

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in the group stage, as Malaysia won the competition. He made his full international debut against

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in August 2009. He only scored twice for the Malaysian senior team, both of which were against

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. Born in

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, Manaf began playing football as a striker with local side Terengganu. In 2011, Manaf won his first domestic title, the

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with Terengganu by defeating

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. Manaf scored six goal in

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and was a part of the team that lose 2–1 to

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in the final. On 5 December 2015, he was revealed as one of

new player for

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. After he fully healed from his leg injury, he finally get to debut for the team as a substitute for

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in the match against his former club,

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which ended in 6–1 win for the away team. Manaf started the 2018 season with Marcerra Kuantan. The club hit financial problems, was expelled from the league, and he terminated his contract in April 2018; he joined

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for the remainder of the season. After being a star player and a Malaysia international earlier in his career, Manaf struggled for months without pay while playing for Kuantan and Batu Dua. He had to sell durian fruit to supplement his footballing income.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Manaf goal.''

Honours

Terengganu *

: 2011 Malaysia *

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: Gold Medalist *

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: Runner Up

References

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* 1987 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Terengganu FC players Kelantan F.C. players Footballers from Terengganu Malaysia Super League players Men's association football forwards Malaysian people of Malay descent SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub