Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha was born on 8th June 1986 in Terengganu. He currently play for UPB/MyTeam in Malaysia Super League. In just conclued 2007/08 season the midfielder managed to bag 4 goals for this team.
Despite born and raise at Terengganu he never wear his state jersey at senior level. His first professional career start at silver state, Perak FA instead. After three seasons with Perak 2003-2006, he moved to Negeri Sembilan and play with professional club, NS Naza. After one season and make few headlines with his remarkable dispalys, UPB/MyTeam snatched him to dons their colours in 2007/08 season.
His national career started in 2006. He play as a substitute midfielder in Malaysia campaign at Asian Games Doha 2006. He also play a part in AFF tournament in 2007 and few olympic qualifying matches, Sea Games and World Cup qualifying matches in the same year. But his most memorable game for Malaysia is in Merdeka Cup 2007 where he score one goal againts Leshoto in the group match.
Muhamad Zamri Chin
Muhamad Zamri Chin was born in Pendang Kedah on 22nd May 1985. He currently play as a striker for UPB/Myteam in Malaysia Super League.
In 2007/08 season he managed to score 6 goals for UPB/Myteam. For that he been call for natioanal trainning for a game againts Chelsea.
He one of the product of very succesfull Kedah FA Football Academy that also produced player like Kyril Muhymeen, Badrol Baktiar and Helmi Eliza.
Zamri currently single and his previously play for Kedah base profesional club, Kuala Muda Naza.
Mohd Daudsu Jamaliddin
Mohd Daudsu Jamaliddin was born in 18th March 1985 in Kota Bahru, Kelantan. Currently he playing as flank defender for Johor FC in Malaysia League.
Previously he plays for team like Kelantan TNB, and his state, Kelantan.
He make a natioanal debut in 2004 for Malaysia Under-20 team. He play as right side defender for AFF tournament.
In 2007, he make his senior debut in 2010 World Cup qualifiying match. Also play a vital role in SEA Games and Merdeka tournament in the same year.
He been always a preferd defender under current national couch, B. Sathianathan.
Mohd Helmi Eliza Elias
Mohd Helmi Eliza Elias was born on 20 January 1983. He is currently playing as a goalkeeper for Kedah FA. Despite his relatively young age as a goalkeeper, he currently Kedah first choice goalkeeper for 2 season running.
Known as "Mie Yeh" by his fans, Eliza was promoted to the first choice goalkeeper of the club after Megat Amir Faisal left for Selangor FA before the start of the season 2006/2007. On 30 June 2007 he helped Kedah FA won the Malaysian FA Cup after beating Perlis FA 4-2 on penalties (both teams tied at 0-0 after extra time) in Batu Kawan Stadium. He was awarded the "Man of the Match" award for his superb performance throughout the match and saving two penalties in the penalty shootout.
Everybody believe its about time before he will donning Malaysia jersey. And Helmi made his Malaysia debut against Indonesia on June 6, 2008.
Hairuddin Omar
Hairuddin Omar has a name for himself on the stage of football in Malaysia since its Terengganu season with the team in 2000. It was a mark of the league and the two games. In 2003 Hairuddin and his two teammates, Subri Sulong and Rosdi Talib decided Terengganu, Pahang to whenTerengganu failed to pay their wages.
Hairuddin was the captain of the Malaysia-23 After the second page in Thai country in 2001 games in Southeast Asia and has many traffic jams. But since his last call under the banner in 2005 for the trip to Challenge against rivals Malaysia, Singapore, it was not setup for the national team for almost two years. In 2007 Hairuddin is back, both with his call for ASEAN to 2007 football pitches. It was by buses Norizan Bakar, to the role of target man. He has two goals in this league in Malaysia lost all the possible champion, Singapore in the semi-finals.
His presence as the man many recognized. The partnership with Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli in the national team from 2001 to 2003 has been much praised and produced many memorable goals. The trick was in the days of Hairuddin cushion to jump to his opponents head the ball Akmal, whose speed can many potters in his lane. Remarquée for his ability, air, Hairuddin received the award from Malaysia to identify the isolation with the aim 4-1 defeat at Chelsea in the FA Cup-Premier League Asia in 2003, a tournament at the invitation in 2003. Then he jumped to England-Under-21 international John Terry, captain of England now as a sign of the head the ball away-from-home a swerving corner from his teammate Terengganu, Rosdi Talib, four minutes after Frank Lampard opened the mark in the 36 minute. It is well together for a room, the boys have with the translation into the game, which the nation is the first goal against an English opponent since Matlan Marjan twice against England in the Merdeka Stadium in 1991.
In recent years Hairuddin was heavily criticised for this lack of goals, as an attacker at once for his club and the national team. The selection during the devastating Asian Cup 2007 has been widely discussed.
Sumardi Hajalan
He famously promised to sign a new contract with Sabah FA, but then snubbed the offer and joined Johor FC instead.
One of the graduates from the U23 national team, Sumardi has since been involved in the senior team when U23 head coach B. Sathianathan was appointed the national team manager after the successful Merdeka Tournament 2008. Also in that tournament Sumardi brilliantly at left-back for the final which Malaysia won.
He has since played in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Bahrain and regularly featured in Malaysia jersey despite Johor FC inconsistent performances in national league.
R. Arumugam
R. Arumugam earned his first call up to the Malaysia national football team in 1973 for the World Cup qualifying round matches in Seoul, South Korea. During his time with the national team, he helped Malaysia win Merdeka Tournament in 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1979. He also represented Malaysia in the 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1985 Sea Games. His greatest achievement with the national team was the football bronze medal of the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran. He also helped Malaysia to qualify for the 1980 Moscow Olympics Games but Malaysia decided to boycott the Games. R. Arumugam has earned 196 caps(not all A class international matches) for Malaysia during his time with the national team since 1973 when he retired from international football in 1986. His personal goal was to earn 200 caps.
R.Arumugam did more than play the game. In 1983, he formed his own club, Starbrite SC, as part of his personal contribution to the youngsters in his housing area.
He was killed in a car accident at Federal Highway near Petaling Jaya on 18 December 1988. He is survived by a wife and two daughters.
In recognition of his services to both state and nation, the Football Association of Selangor and Public Bank where Arumugam was employed started a trust fund in the name of R. Arumugam on January 5, 1989.
More information at http://www.selangorfc.com/pemain/arkib/r-arumugam.html. (Article in Bahasa Melayu)
Azman Adnan
He was a legend for his former team Selangor FA, where he spent much time with them. He won numerous awards from Malaysia from football as the M-League title, FA Cup and Malaysia FIFA Malaysia. It was described as the "next Mokthar Dahari" Football in Malaysia.
He has his retirement in 2001 with his last club Negeri Sembilan FA. Now he works as a trainer at the Academy of young people in Kuala Lumpur with DBKL CF.
He used to married with local artist, Haleeda. After the marriage did not work out, we married with local singer, As from once famous girl group - Feminin. They also one of the eight couples who joined the reality show "Sehati Berdansa" (Astro Ria channel) in 2007.
Soh Chin Aun
Soh Chin Aun (also known as Tauke) was a legendary Malaysian national football player from Malacca alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari and R. Arumugam.
In 1971, when he played in the Olympic qualifier in Seoul, South Korea, he was the youngest member of the national team at the tender age of 21. He participated in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and was the captain of the qualifying team to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. His partnership with Santokh Singh was the most solid defense in the much-feared Malaysian team back then. He earned the nickname The 'god of war' for his commanding play.
He once tried to make it in politics by contesting as a Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka in 1986 but he suffered a defeat of 17,606 votes to Lim Guan Eng.
He was appointed as the chairman of the referees’ committee on 13 March 2007.
He is currently the manager of Malaysia national team.
Asraruddin Omar Mohd Putra
In fact, Kedah-born player who is capable of it in the leftback or centreback positions. A former student at Bukit Jalil Sports School, Asraruddin played a crucial role in Malaysia to benefit from the AFC Under-20 Championship for the first time in more than 20 years.
His great performance in CJC was admired by academy.He PSV had a training stink for PSV Under-23 team, which lasted one week.
Indra Putra Mahayuddin
The left-footed players represented Malaysia for the SEA Games 2003 in Hanoi, Vietnam, English Premier League Asia Cup, and in the Tiger Cup 2002 in Thai country, Malaysia help the football national team to a 4th Place.
Indra Putra Mahayuddin was considered the best in Malaysia in football (soccer) players in his generation of Perak FA coach Steve Darby. It was 2004, the Malaysia Super League season of the top goalscorer with 15 goals in 21 games. It remains the last player from Malaysia to win football than knighthood.
It was developed by the Malaysia-football coach Norizan Bakar for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 to July, co-host of 4 countries Thai country, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
Ahmad Fakri Saarani
Born in Kota Bharu, but highly Batu Gajah, Fakri his debut for the high Perak Malaysia in the Super League match against Negri Sembilan, 24 March 2007. He brought a hat-trick and there has been a help in this game, which was adopted by Perak 5-1.
It was supported in Perak first team of the President of the football team (the reserve team) as the team mature attacker, R. Surendran was playing football with Malaysia, on a tour in Sri Lanka. Perak coach Steve Darby said that was the reason of his decision to use Fakri.
"Fakri was training with the maturity of the team for the last two months. And I think that the time has come for him to come into the picture. This is the right time to make their blood as many question my decision in May . It does not matter whether we play at home. The fans in May, as if mistakes were made, but I have faith in young people. Fakri seems well with the pressure and is convinced his art. He played in the sub - 19-team in a tournament in Brunei recently. I, the young people at the right time. Fakri This is the chance to prove its worth my rotation system. J 'have lost players at the national level fighter groups at all levels, and we must learn to cope without them. " - Steve Darby
He is a member of Malaysia U-20 and U-18 national teams. In 2008, Ahmad Fakri employees in Harimau Muda, a prime minister of Malaysia League team with members from the Malaysia Under-20 national side.
Abdul Rashid Hassan
Rashid origin of the Alor Gajah, Melaka, but his family moved to Singapore shortly after, spend their annual training on the island. He collected goalkeeping catcher in the reading at his school by the team and softball, as if they had attracted the attention of the football school teachers. He began represeting juniors at the school in Singapore, but it was in Seng Choo Kui-Burnley-Rashid that progress, play for the old team in Division One of Singapore.
It was first selected to the national team in 1975 for the Merdeka tournament, the game against Thai and country and outside of Malaysia in his battle with Arumugam, the No. 1 place from 1975-1978, led to the victory over Thai country in 1977 SEAP Games (now known as the SEA Games) in KL. It seems difficult to break in the State in series, but after he patiently for a few years, his big break came in 1978 when Datuk Harun gave him the chance to start in the finals of the FIFA Malaysia against Singapore. A nervous Rashid, was short-protection by the announcement of two errors has accepted from the beginning, but of Selangor Cup fightback seen. In 1978, Rashid left PKNS Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), whose representatives in the league KL to continue its links with Selangor. A year later, because of the time, it was prevented, threading the red and the yellow jersey of Selangor, and is located in the limbus as Germany (FT, known as the Kuala Lumpur after 1985) is not interested in him .
In 1995, Rachid, was held in Selangor FA as a coach, and his first task was to choose Azlisham Ibrahim of Oblivion, this turn in the hero and the man of the game in the final of the football Malaysia this year. A third set of Yap Kam Choon received his second breath, as Rashid tour in the old for the first time in the football championship in Malaysia 1996, and the third year in succession, Rashid helped another Selangor FA owners, Malaysia Cup winner. This time, he was Abdul Hadi Tahir, a FIFA President junior, was forced to replace the first two teams of guards. Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz has also been rejuvenated under the supervision Rashid, and his last years, Rashid was one of his best ever, leading to another winner of the Malaysia football medals. Total Rashid 11 years service as goalkeeper coach of the Selangor FA, saw him help, the huge red a regular product goalkeepers first order were the winners.
Rashid joined the program MyTeam reality in 2006, as the goalkeeper coach Serbegeth Singh MyTeam1, and was in the UPB-MyTeam CF, if they have defined their goals, play in the league of Malaysia. He made a deal with the unknown equipment, the administration was interested in young people by changing the football in the country. It was a challenge, but Rashid said a new team needs experience in the game to learn. He believes that as long as the young player who he is, his job much easier. He said: "I'm in this game for quite a while, and I know that the input and output of the game, I must share my experience so that the players can benefit."
Khan Hung Meng
Hung Meng was appointed as Assistant Coach to Bojan Hodak in September 2006, and their double team saw MyTeam FC gaining promotion to the Super League within a year of making their debut in the M-League. Hung Meng had no second thoughts about joining MyTeam FC then, regardless of the fact that the team was managed by unknowns in Malaysian football. Hung Meng’s take on the management was that they were young and more enthusiastic about football than any other team he had worked with previously. The people at MyTeam were really interested about building a football team. Keeping his faith in head coach Bojan, Hung Meng dived into the job head-first.
As a coach, Hung Meng made his foray into the game quite recently, only 4 years ago, when MKLand appointed him as Head Coach for their squad in 2004. Similar to MyTeam, MKLand were an unknown quantity then, and Hung Meng guided them to runner-up spot in the Premier League, in their debut season. However, back then only the Premier League champs were promoted to the Super League. In 2005, he guided MKLand to third place in the Premier League, missing out on promotion once more. The corridors of power in FAM then banned MKLand from continuing their involvement in the M-League, and Hung Meng was left in the lurch. However, for a coach of his quality, the wait was a short one. He was roped in to save yet another sinking ship, Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (MPPJ) in 2006 replacing B.Sathianathan, who left for National duty. Helming his first Super League team and taking over a squad low on morale and next to bottom in the standings, Hung Meng’s Selangor MPPJ escaped relegation, finishing sixth in a period of uncertainty where their status as a team in the M-League was about to go the same route as MKLand did. The team were banished by the Selangor government and Hung Meng, who holds the FAM ‘A’ License was quickly snapped up by MyTeam, who were then embarking on a grand mission to change Malaysian football following the success of the MyTeam 1 reality football show.
The Penang born lad began his playing career at the tender age of 15. At 21, Hung Meng donned the colours of the Pearl of the Orient, but his explosive performance down the left flank caught Selangor’s eye. It was a era of successes in Malaysian football at that time, and the who’s who of the game usually plied their trade with the Red Giants. Back then Selangor and Singapore took turns to rule the roost. Moving to Selangor in 1981, Hung Meng spent his entire career there till 1992, where he hung up his boots. He certainly led a colourful career in Klang Valley with a number of accolades and honours at the National and International level that would make many envy him. He was a four-time Malaysia Cup winner in 1981, 1982, 1984 & 1986. He was also League champions with Selangor in 1984, and bagged the Charity Shield in 1984. In his five years playing for Malaysia from 1982 till 1987, Hung Meng helped Malaysia emerge as Merdeka Cup champions in 1986. He also gained a SEA Games Bronze medal in 1983.
At MyTeam, Hung Meng is tasked as the No.2 man, second in-command to Bojan. Known for his trademark work ethic, he’s penchant for the positives in motivating players always does wanders for the players. His main goal is to help the boys become better players, even more so in life, sharing his skill, experience and knowledge of the game.
Source: MyTeam Official website
Bojan Hodak
Bojan was born and raised in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), the second child in a family with strong military background. His father and brother were both officers in the Army there. In his early years he spent most time playing basketball and football, not preferring one from the other as he excelled in both. There was neither a prominent figure that encouraged him, nor was there any history of sportsmen in his family, but Bojan carried on for fun, joining his friends. However at the age of 16, his local club NK Trnje began paying him for his services and he duly gave up basketball to focus his time and energy in football.
Before taking up his current position of chief coach of the UPB CF-MyTeam, Bojan was chief coach of the Little League Malaysia, a programme of young football fans in Kuala Lumpur. Bojan Hodak is a great footballer and coach believes that MyTeam FC can challenge for the MSL title in the next few season.
Bojan Hodak is also in the race for the title MSL Coach of the Year when he was a team from nowhere and suddenly became one of the biggest clubs in Malaysia. After his first year in the second football Malaysia, MyTeam were transported in the Super League in Malaysia, where they are now difficult the fight against the conquest of this motif.
More about Bojan at MyTeam Official Website: MyTeam
Yee Ming Low
While on the course, he will be working towards a BTEC National Diploma in Sport, which is equivalent to an A Level. Melvin Wilkes, a coach from MMU’s Department of Exercise and Sport Science said: "He is a great footballer and is doing very well with his football and studies. He is a good character and has fitted in extremely well with his peers." Academy students attend lectures and spent the rest of their time developing their football skills with UEFA trained coaches at MMU’s Cheshire campus. Yee Ming, who is living with a staff member and her family said: "I am thoroughly enjoying my course, everyone here is so nice and I have been made to feel very welcome." For more information, go to www.cheshire.mmu.ac.uk/exspsci/sdu/football