Bobby Gonzales (born 15 February 1984 in

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) is a Malaysian

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who plays for

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club

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. He currently hold the all-time top scorer of

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with 90 goals.

Personal life

Bobby was raised in Beaufort Sabah. He attend

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in Kota Kinabalu and

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. He is a Muslim.

Club career

Youth

Bobby started his professional career with

during the 2003 Malaysian League by making his debut against

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. He was part of the squad that finished as runners-up in the 2003

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. He also represented the Malaysia youth team for 2001 Asian School Championship in Kuala Lumpur where Malaysia finished third. He also played for Malaysia U-20 team in the Singapore Cup and was listed in the preliminary squad for the

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, he however did not make it for the final squad.

Sabah

During the 2007–08 season, Bobby scored 13 goals to become Sabah's all season top scorer with

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. His performances earned him a call-up for national under 23 preparation for

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. He however failed to earn a place in the squad.

Brunei DPMM

For the 2009 season, Bobby joined a team based in Brunei, DPMM. However, DPMM had to pull out of

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due to their suspension from the league in late November for not complying with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) rules.

PLUS F.C.

He later sign for PLUS F.C. He made his debut against

and scored a spectacular 25-meter goal.

Sabah

Due to an injury in mid-season, he missed half of Super League season and only made his return in the Malaysia Cup. After the season ended, he returned to Sabah and joined the team for 2010 Malaysian League season. He was dropped from the Sabah squad at the end of the league season.

Loan Out to Sarawak

For the

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season, he joined

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. After a superb season with Sarawak, where he helped the team to second place in Premier League and win promotion to

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by scoring 16 league goals, he left the team and returned to Sabah for the next season.

From Sarawak to Sabah 2012 Season

On 5 December 2011, Gonzales returned to

at the end of the season having made 21 appearances with Sarawak's, as he helped Sarawak promote the

. He made his Malaysia Super League debut on 10 January 2012 against

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. Gonzales scored his last goal in the 2012 season in a 3–1 win against

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. He finished the season with two league goals in nine games.

Return to Sarawak in 2012

Bobby join Sarawak on loan from Sabah during the 2012 Malaysia Cup. He scored Sarawak's winning goal in an opening group game of Malaysia Cup against Selangor. He also scored in a 6-1 win against T-Team. After only one season with Sabah, Sarawak confirmed that Gonzales would join the club on 4 November 2012 from Sarawak on a free transfer with only performance-related incentives due to Sabah, after agreeing on terms and signing a long-term contract. His contract was worth RM24K net per year and was given the number 9 shirt, the same number he wore for Sarawak during his first spell. On 7 January, Gonzales made his league debut return for Sarawak in the 2–1 league opening game win against

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at Kangar Stadium. Four days later on 11 January, he scored double in the 30th minute in a 5–0 home win against UITM FC. On 14 January, he scored in the 45th minute in a 1–1 away draw against

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On 25 January, he scored two second-half goals in Sarawak's 3–0 Malaysia FA Cup first round victory against

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at Sarawak State Stadium, but he was denied a hat-trick in the last minute half by a save by Malacca FA goalkeeper Nor Iman. Bobby's brace against Malacca made him the finest poacher player since

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to hit the two-goal mark for Sarawak. On 26 April, Gonzales was the toast of his team after having scored four goals for the Crocs in their Malaysia Premier League match against

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in away win 3–5 held at

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. He scored a third consecutive brace at Sarawak State Stadium in a 7–0 home win against NS Betaria FC. On 4 May, bringing his tally to 17 goals in 18 games. This made him Sarawak's most prolific goals per game scorer of all time ahead of Sarawak legend John Hunter. On 21 May, he scored his 19th goal in 19 appearances for Sarawak against

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in a 2–0 away win. In the final league match on 5 July, Bobby scores his first derby goal against his hometown

at Likas Stadium with 2–1 win as he helped the Sarawak ended the 2013 Premier League as the unbeaten champions. On 31 August, Bobby Gonzales scored his two goals for Sarawak in a 4–0 win in the Malaysia Cup of group D. He scored his fourth goal of the Group D at home to

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on Saturday by trashing 6–1 victory on 21 September. On 26 October 2013, Bobby scored in

Malaysia Cup semi-final second leg against

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, though his side went out 4–2 on aggregate.

PDRM

After released by Sarawak at the end of 2013, Bobby joined PDRM on a 1-year contract. He won his second Malaysia Premier League title and left at the end of the season, mainly due to

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departures to coach the Malaysia national football team.

Perak

Bobby has joined

on a 1-year contract. He made his debut in a home match against PDRM. He scored his first goal for Perak in a 2-1 away defeat against Terengganu. He made 6 league appearances scoring 2 goals.

International career

Bobby received a call-up to play for Malaysia's national team in early November 2013, due to his good performances with Sarawak in the

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. He received the call-up along with his Sarawak teammate Hairol Mokhtar by national coach K. Rajagopal for a friendly match against

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in Kuwait City. He played his first game for the national team against the

on 8 November 2013. In 2014, Bobby was listed as one of the overage players for the

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. His name was dropped after the friendly match against Yemen Asian Games team.Kim Swee Gugur Empat Nama Ke Incheon
- MStar, 6 September 2014.

International appearances

Career statistics

:''Statistics accurate as of 18 November 2021''

Honours

Clubs

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References

External links

PLUS FC blog

Sabah Rhinos Blog
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