Mohd Nor Farhan Bin Muhammad, P.B. (born 19 December 1984) is a

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footballer who plays as

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and

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. Farhan's international senior debut was against

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on 31 May 2006. He also played in

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represented Malaysia U-23 team. During the first match of the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers against

Farhan only played in the second half. It ended with his team losing 0–2 to Qatar in the match.

Club career

Terengganu

Farhan made his senior debut with east coast Malaysia club

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and played for the club during 2005–06 season until 2006–07 season. Farhan enjoyed a highly successful season with the club and became one of the top scorer.

PDRM

After two successful seasons with

, Farhan moved to on the rise club during that time PDRM. He helped the club to gain 9th place in

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. He scored two goals on big winning over

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in the Malaysia Cup Group B match, 7–0.

Kelantan

2012 season

After a season playing for T-Team, Farhan returned to

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in 2012 season. In last league match campaign, with a resounding 3–1 victory against

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in Kelantan's final (26th) match at the

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. Farhan put the finishing touches with a brace, his goals coming in the 65th and 67th minutes respectively. Kelantan's captain

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had put the hosts ahead in the 61st minute before. In the first round of the

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, against Sarawak Farhan became a hero when he scored the winner goal in the final minute after both teams almost ended draw. Kelantan won 2–1 and the first goal scored by

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. Farhan's brace in the 3–0 win over KL SPA in the first leg of the FA Cup quarter-final has virtually sealed Kelantan's place in the last four. Farhan credited his strike partner

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for his goal rush during that match. Farhan missed the action in the 1–0 win over

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in the

final when coach

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opted to pair up

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with

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in attack. On 23 May, Farhan was the hero for the Kelantan, scoring a brace in the second and 18th minutes when Kelantan defeated

3–2 in

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. Rizal Fahmi contributed the other goal in the 44th minute. Despite playing on a wet and slippery pitch after a thunderstorm, Kelantan took only two minutes to grab the lead. From a pass by Ghanaian striker Denny Antwi, Farhan easily beat goalkeeper

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. Denny Antwi was again the provider in the 18th minute and Farhan gleefully tucked away the chance to make it 2–0. A minute before half-time, Kelantan raced to a 3–0 lead when Rizal Fahmi stunned Sharbinee Allawee with a 30-yard free-kick. Terengganu replied through Ismail Faruqi (56th) and Forkey Doe (83rd). With that victory Kelantan enabled to play the quarter-finals against Arbil. Unfortunately, Arbil won 6–2 on aggregate. On 15 October, Farhan scored winning goal for Kelantan in the 62nd minute during first leg of

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semi-finals against

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. Nevertheless, Farhan has been unable to play in the

final against

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after picking up his second yellow card in the 2–0 semi-final, second leg win over Selangor.

2013 season

On 28 November, Farhan scored 1 goal in pre-season match against

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won that match 3–0. Another 2 goals scored by Khairul Izuan and Aris Zaidi.

Return to Terengganu

Farhan rejoined

despite Kelantan offering high salary for the player.

Return to Kelantan

Farhan later make a return to Kelantan in 2015. He gets an injury during the

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against T-Team which made him unavailable for the rest of the competition. After being frozen out of the Kelantan first team as a result of new head coach

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reshuffling of the team, Farhan signed with

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team D'AR Wanderers on loan from April 2018 until the end of the 2018 season.

International career

Farhan was selected to represent Malaysia for

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. He only made two appearances as substitute. Farhan also helping Malaysia to win

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after defeating Myanmar 3–1. He was a member of the Malaysia team when Malaysia participated in

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was the team coach at that time.

Career statistics

Club

''As of 13 May 2018.''

International

Honours

Club

Kelantan

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; Runner-up

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; Runner-up

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; Runner-up

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Malaysia 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 ...

: Runner-up

Individual

;

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: *Best Young Players: 2005/06 *Best Striker:

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References

External links

*
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at SoccerPunter.com * * * {{Malaysia Squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup Living people 1984 births People from Terengganu Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers PDRM FA players Terengganu F.C. II players Terengganu FC players Kelantan FA players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Malaysia Super League players Association football wingers Association football forwards Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Malaysian people of Malay descent Association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Malaysia