Muhamad Khalid bin Jamlus (born 23 February 1977) is a retired

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. He is a former member of the Malaysian

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and also has played for the Pre-Olympic squad. In 2002, he went on trial with

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. He is widely regarded as one of the best striker of Perak FA and was the club's all-time top goalscorer.

Career

Khalid first played for Perak FA President's Cup Team before being selected to join the Olympic 2000. After Olympic 2000 was disbanded, he left to play for his former club. During his first stint with

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, he was a crowd favourite. However, doubts about his work-rate persisted throughout his stint with the ''Seladang''. In 2005, Khalid signed for Selangor FA and starred in an attacking trio alongside

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, helping the club win a historic treble of

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, Malaysia Cup and Malaysia FA Cup. He returned to

in time for the 2007 season. He forged a lethal partnership with

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, scoring 15 of the 36 goals that were scored between them. His efforts led him to become a front-runner for the Favourite Striker Award. Mandjou left at the start of the

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season, leaving Khalid to build a new partnership with

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an Carlos Cáceres. Khalid managed to score 13 goals and emerged as Malaysian top scorer for 2 years consecutively. He left

along with his teammate

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to join

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for the 2009 season. He then left

to join ATM FA for the 2010 season, but his contract was terminated and he didn't made any appearance in league. Khalid returned to

for the 2011 season, however he was not retained in the team for the 2012 season.

National team

After establishing himself as a first-team player for the country in 2001, Khalid's international career was rocked when he was sacked by the then-head coach Allan Harris, along with Kamarulzaman Hassan and Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz for staying out late at a disco before the 2002 World Cup preliminary games against

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, Palestine and

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. In 2002, Khalid was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners

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. He was selected as one of the first eleven to play against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's

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. On 30 September 2002, Khalid had scored a Hattrick against the Maldives under-23 for Malaysia under-23 in 2002 Busan Asian Games and won 3-1. Khalid is widely considered as the best target man in the country, and has been proven right by coaches such as Bertalan Bicskei, who stuck with him throughout the 2004 Tiger Cup. He eventually silenced his critics with 2 goals against archrivals Thailand, in a game in which Malaysia won 2-1. Malaysia finished at 3rd place with Khalid emerged as a second top goalscorer behind

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with 6 goals in that tournament. However, he was no longer been selected for national team after 2004 even showed outstanding performance in domestic league, especially in 2006 and 2007 with Perak FA. Khalid earn 24 international caps scoring 8 goals for Malaysia. Despite being a maligned figure whenever he is on the pitch, he nonetheless remains one of the most recognisable faces in

n football.

Career statistics

International

International Goals

Senior

Honours

Club

Liga Perdana 1 Liga Perdana 1 or Liga Perdana Satu ( en, Premier League 1 or Premier League One) was the nation's top-tier professional football league in Malaysia that operated from 1998 to 2003. The league was formed and established in 1998 to succeed the ...

: 2002, 2003 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2004 * Malaysia Cup: 2000 *

Piala Sumbangsih 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: 2001 Selangor FA *

: 2005 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2005 * Malaysia Cup: 2005 *

runner-up: 2006

* Malaysia FA Cup runner-up: 2009 * Malaysia Cup runner-up: 2009

International

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third place: 2004

Individual

* Liga Perdana 1 top scorer: 2002

References

External links

* {{Malaysian Super League top scorers Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Living people 1977 births Selangor F.C. players Perak F.C. players Kelantan F.C. players Footballers from Kuala Lumpur Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Men's association football forwards Asian Games competitors for Malaysia