Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha (born 8 June 1986), also known as Mat Yo, is a

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n professional footballer who plays as a forward for

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side

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. From 2007 to 2021, he represented the Malaysia national team. He popularly known as Mat Yo by Malaysian football fans.

Career

Perak

Norshahrul was born in Besut, Terengganu. He moved to Perak when he was 1 months old. He attended a local school and started playing for the Perak at the age of 12. Then, he promoted to play for the Perak senior team in 2003. He was mostly a substitute for Perak and sometimes play for the reserve team.

UPB-MyTeam

He later signed by the newly created club,

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. He was one of the team's key players and score 16 goals in all competition for the club.

Kelantan

Norshahrul join Kelatan in late 2009. He was part of the Kelantan's

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winning team. Norshahrul won two awards at the 2010 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM as the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

After spending three years in

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, Norshahrul left the Kelantanese outfit to join Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) for an undisclosed fee. On 8 January 2013, he made his debut and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to Pahang. In the same season, JDT qualify for the final of the Malaysia Cup where he missed a penalty.

Armed Forces

Norshahrul joined ATM FA for the 2015 season, after leaving Johor Darul Takzim FC at the conclusion of his contract at the end of 2014. He was reunited with his former coach back when he was in Kelantan, B. Sathianathan.

Terengganu

After only 3 months with ATM FA, he signed with

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for the remaining of 2015 Malaysia Super League season.

Felda United

Norshahrul signed with

Felda United Felda United Football Club is a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang which is owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (Felda).PKNS. He then went on to score his second goal against league leaders and former club

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in a 3-1 defeat.

Pahang

After a disappointing spell with Felda United, he went on to sign with Malaysian Super League runners up

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BG Pathum United

After released by Pahang, he signed a one-year contract with BG Pathum United for 2020

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season. With BG Pathum, he created history by becoming the first Malaysian professional footballer to won a first division league title in Thailand.

International career

Norshahrul has played for the Malaysia national youth team for

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. He scored in a 3-0 win against Nepal during the tournament as Malaysia made it to the quarter finals. He is also one of the Malaysia under 23 players that won the

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. He made his full international debut against

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on 28 October 2007 after coming in for Sumardi Hajalan. On 12 July 2009, Norshahrul scored his first senior international goals in an unofficial match against Zimbabwe. He later score his first full international goal against Lesotho on 11 September 2009. In November 2010, Norshahrul was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the

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. Norshahrul scored 2 goals for Malaysia that time, one was a 5–1 loss against

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and a 5–1 victory against Laos. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history. On 9 December 2012, he scored a goal for Malaysia against Thailand in 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, as Malaysia failed to retain the title having lost to Thailand on aggregate in the semi-finals. Norshahrul was again included by new coach

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for the

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squad, and played in all of Malaysia games as Malaysia advanced into the finals, only to be denied of the title by Thailand. Norshahrul scored one goal in the tournament, against Vietnam in the semi-final second leg.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances in major competitions

International goals

:''Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first.'' ¹ FIFA revoked the ‘A’ international classification for the matches once it was discovered that a Zimbabwean club team, Monomotapa United impersonated as the Zimbabwe national team and were not approved by the Zimbabwe Football Association.

U-23 team

Appearances in major competitions

Honours

Club

;Kelantan FA *

(2) : 2011, 2012 * Malaysia FA Cup : 2012 * Malaysia Cup (2): 2010, 2012 *

Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup 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 ...

: Winners (1): 2011 ;Johor Darul Takzim *

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: Winner *

2014 Malaysia Cup The 2014 Malaysia Cup ( Malay: ''Piala Malaysia 2014'') was the 88th edition of the Piala Malaysia, a football tournament held annually by the Football Association of Malaysia. The cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 te ...

: Runner Up * 2013 Malaysia FA Cup : Runner Up ;Pahang FA * 2018 Malaysia FA Cup : Winner ;BG Pathum United *

2020–21 Thai League 1 The 2020–21 Thai League 1 is the 24th season of the Thai League 1, the top Thai professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996, also known as Toyota Thai League due to the sponsorship deal with Toyota Motor Th ...

: Winner

International

: Winner *

2009 SEA Games The 2009 Southeast Asian Games ( lo, ກີລາພູມິພາກອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ 2009, translit. Kila phoumipak asi taven oak siang tai 2009), officially known as the 25th Southeast Asian Games, was ...

: Gold *

: Winner *

: Runner Up *

2018 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2018 AFF Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the 6th under the name AFF Suzuki Cup. This was the first time a new format has ...

: Runner Up

Individual

* 2010 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM: the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player * 2011 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM: the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player * 2012 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM: the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player * Goal.com's monthly Asian Best XI (Subs): January 2012 *

2018 AFF Championship The 2018 AFF Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the 6th under the name AFF Suzuki Cup. This was the first time a new format has ...

: Best Eleven * ASEAN Football Federation Best XI: 2019

References

External links

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Norshahrul Idlan Talaha's Profile at F.A.M. website
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