Mahalli bin Jasuli (born 2 April 1989) is a Malaysian

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who plays for Malaysia Super League club

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

as a

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. He also can play as a right-back and winger.

Club career

Mahalli captained

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(Malaysian Under-23) when the team participated in the

2012 S. League The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern- Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-tea ...

. Mahalli helped Harimau Muda A to finish in 4th place. For the 2013 season, Mahalli officially signed for Selangor. His first goal for Selangor came on 9 March 2013 in a 4–1 defeat of Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Mahalli made his debut for Johor Darul Ta'zim in a 2–0 win over

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on 18 January 2014.

PKNS

On 26 January 2018, Mahalli agreed to join PKNS on a season-long loan move from Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Negeri Sembilan FC

He was officially announced as a new

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player on 12 January 2023.

International career

Mahalli was a regular starter for the

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and has been hailed as South East Asia's brightest talent by Asian football pundits and journalists. Mahalli is well known for his forward forays and dangerous crossing. The fullback also has a keen eye for goal and the spectacular. One of the highlights of his international career was in 2009, when he played twice against

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during United's preseason tour of the Far East. In November 2010, Mahalli was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the

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. The young right-back scored his first international goal in that tournament against

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during the final group game and subsequently went on to help Malaysia win the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history. Mahalli was called up for

2012 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2012 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 9th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted for group stage by Malaysia and Thailand a ...

. Mahali scored a goal against Indonesia in the third match. Mahalli fails to help Malaysia progress to final after losing to Thailand on the semi-final but show excellence performances on the tournament.

Personal life

His grandmother from Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. In August 2015, Mahalli tied the knot with his fiancee during mid of eid' fitri weeks.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.''

Malaysia XI

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim *

Malaysian Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

(2):

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* Malaysia Super League (5):

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Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

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AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...

(1):

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before being transferred to Fo ...

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International

Malaysia *

AFF Suzuki Cup The ASEAN Football Federation Championship (less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reason, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football ...

(1):

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; Runner-up

* Southeast Asian Games (2):

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Individual

* Goal.com Asian Best XI for November 2012

References

External links

* * {{Negeri Sembilan FA squad 1989 births Living people Malaysian people of Javanese descent Malaysian people of Indonesian descent Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Footballers from Selangor Selangor F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Negeri Sembilan FC players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia