Thanabalan Nadarajah (footballer, born 1943)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thanabalan a/l Nadarajah | ||
Date of birth | 1943 (age 78–79) | ||
Place of birth |
Brickfields, Selangor, British Malaya | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1971 | Selangor | ||
National team | |||
1960–1963 | Malaya U-20 | ||
1964–1969 | Malaysia | 46 | (20) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Thanabalan a/l Nadarajah (born 1943) was a Malaysian former footballer. He is remembered for his contribution during the 1968 Merdeka Tournament. Malaysia won the trophy by beating Burma 3-0 in the final. Thanabalan scored one of the three goals.[1] Thanabalan scored 20 international goals in 46 appearances for Malaysia.[2][3] In 2013, He inducted in OCM Hall of Fame.[4]
He was also one of the three players who had scored four goals in a Malaysia Cup final after Lee Ah Loke(1952) and Abdul Ghani Minhat(1963) in 1968.[5]
Honours[]
Club[]
- F.A. Selangor
- Malaysia Cup (7): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971
- Malaysia FAM Cup (5): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968,
International[]
- Malaya U-20
- AFC Youth Championship Runners up: 1960
- Malaysia
- Pestabola Merdeka: 1968
References[]
- ^ "Did You Know That Our Striker N. Thanabalan Helped Malaysia Beat Myanmar In 1968 AND 2017? | News | Rojak Daily (Web Archived)". Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
- ^ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF.
- ^ Nadarajah Thanabalan - International Appearances, RSSSF.
- ^ "OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST" (in Malay). OCM. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Memorable events in 100 years of Malaysia Cup". Timesports. NST. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
Categories:
- Malaysian footballers
- People from Selangor
- Selangor FA players
- 1943 births
- Malaysia international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Living people
- Malaysian football biography stubs