Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian

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coach and former player. He is well-known to MSL fans as Pablo Dollah. One of Malaysia's most decorated players, he has also been manager of Malaysia's national team.

Playing career

Dollah was one of Malaysia's top footballers in the 1980s and 90s. With striking partner

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, the two were regarded as the twin strikers by fans. Dollah first played in Malaysian football in 1982. At that time he represented

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, which was one of the teams in the semi-pro era. When Dollah joined

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

in 1987, a new twin striker was born after the era of

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and James Wong. He and Zainal became a fierce striking duo for both Selangor and the Malaysia national team. In 1991, he left Selangor to join

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

with Zainal and Singapore football star

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where they created a 'dream team', winning both the league and

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in 1992. With the national team, Dollah won the gold medal at the

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. He also helped the national team to won the 1993 Merdeka Tournament by beating

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3–1. Dollah also played in the first edition of

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, where the national team reached the final of the competition but lost 0–1 to

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. He also played for the Malaysia national futsal team, and was on the squad that took part in the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship in

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. Dollah retired as a player after the 1998 season ended, last playing for

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. Overall, Dollah had total 81 caps with 33 international goals for Malaysia. He has also been a influence on players such as Safee Sali and LJ Green.

Coaching career

Dollah started his coaching career with

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in 2003. The same year he guided the team to become the first-ever club to win the

by beating

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3–0. He later guided Selangor MPPJ to win the

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and

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in 2004. In 2005, Selangor signed a long deal with him. That year, Selangor won three trophies: the

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, and

. However, in the 2005–06 season, Selangor failed to keep their momentum as they failed to win any trophy. Even though Selangor failed to win any trophy, Selangor kept Dollah in charge for the 2006–07 season. The 2007–08 season saw the revival of Selangor as they went through to the final of the

and

. However, they were beaten by

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with the same score line in the two finals. This failure saw Dollah let go by the management. In the 2009 season, Dollah reunited with his old partner Zainal. This time they played the role of manager and coach for Kuantan Port-Shahzan Muda. In the middle of the 2009 season, he went on to coach

, replacing Tajuddin Noor. After successfully helping Pahang lift its first Malaysia Cup in 21 years, Dollah signed on to coach PDRM for the 2014 season in the Malaysian second-tier league. In his only season with PDRM, he guided them to the 2014 Malaysia Premier League title and a promotion to the Super League. Dollah was appointed as the new head coach of Malaysia national team in June 2014, signing a 2-year contract. He led Malaysia to second place in the 2014 AFF Championship. However, he received much criticism as he was responsible for twin 0–6 defeats at the hands of

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and

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, and the team's failure to get three points against

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and

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, and losing to

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and

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that were once at the same standard as Malaysia earlier in 2014. On 3 September 2015, he had similar fate as

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( 12–0 loss), Aji Santoso ( 10–0 loss) and

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( 1–7 loss) when his straw the largest record defeat of the national team, a 0–10 loss at the hands of the

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. This subsequently led him to resign as the head coach.

Honours (player)

Club

;Johor * Winners: 1985

* Winners: 1986

;Selangor * Winners: 1989, 1990

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* Winners: 1987, 1990

;Pahang * Winners: 1992 Malaysia Premier League I, 1995

* Winners: 1992

* Winners: 1992, 1993

International

;Malaysia * Gold medal:

* Winners: 1986, 1993 Merdeka Tournament

Achievements (coach)

Malaysia

* Runners-up: 2014 AFF Championship

With Selangor MPPJ

* Winners: 2003

* Winners: 2004

With Selangor

* Winners: 2005

With Pahang

* Runners-up: 2012 Malaysia Premier League * Winners: 2013 Malaysia Cup * Winner:

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With PDRM

* Winners: 2014

References

External links

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