# Shaharuddin Abdullah

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Malaysian footballer (1948–2023)

In this [Malay name](/source/Malaysian_names#Malay_names), there is no [surname or family name](/source/Surname).  The name *Abdullah* is a [patronymic](/source/Patronymic), and the person should be referred to by their [given name](/source/Given_name), *Shaharuddin*. The word "bin"/"ibn" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Shaharuddin Abdullah Personal information Date of birth (1948-08-28)28 August 1948[1] Place of birth Penang, Federation of Malaya Date of death 28 December 2023(2023-12-28) (aged 75) Place of death Taiping, Perak, Malaysia Positions Attacking midfielder striker Youth career 1964–1967 Penang FA Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1967–1969 Penang 1970–1973 Penjara FC 1974–1982 Penang International career 1967–1974 Malaysia 70[2] (39) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Shaharuddin Abdullah** (28 August 1948 – 28 December 2023) was a Malaysian [footballer](/source/Association_football).[3] He was once one of the most feared strikers in the country, known as "Harimau Malaysia" because of his ability to score goals.[4][5] He once scored 15 goals for Malaysia in the [Merdeka Cup](/source/Merdeka_Tournament) which stood as a record for a very long time.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] His father, Abdullah Mohammad, was a goalkeeper for Penang in the 1950s.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was a part of the Malaysian squad at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics).[6][7]

## Career

Abdullah started to play football when he was nine years old. He used the Marin Sg. Gelugor field near his house to learn football skills.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He helped his school, Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Gelugor, to win the district and inter-school championships.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 1964 when he was 16 years old, he was selected to play for the Penang [Burnley Cup](/source/Burnley_Cup) team along with his brother, [Namat Abdullah](/source/Namat_Abdullah), [Ali Bakar](/source/Ali_Bakar), [Mohammed Bakar](/source/Mohammed_Bakar), Khalil Hashim, Cha Peng Chiang, Yap Kim Kok and N Baskaran.[8]

Abdullah played for Malaysia in the [1972 Munich Olympics](/source/1972_Munich_Olympics).[9] Shaharuddin played in all three group games and scored in the 3–0 win against the [United States](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team).[10][11][12][13] Overall he made 70 appearances and scored 39 international goals for Malaysia.[14]

In 2004, he was inducted in [Olympic Council of Malaysia](/source/Olympic_Council_of_Malaysia)'s Hall of Fame for [1972 Summer Olympics football team](/source/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_squads#Malaysia).[15]

## Personal life

[Namat Abdullah](/source/Namat_Abdullah), his brother also played for [Penang](/source/Penang_FA) and together with his uncle, [Aziz Ahmad](/source/Aziz_Ahmad_(football)).[16] Shaharuddin's son, [Shafiq Shaharudin](/source/Shafiq_Shaharudin), is also a professional footballer.[17][18]

Shaharuddin Abdullah died on 28 December 2023, at the age of 75.[19]

## Career statistics

### International

- *Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdullah goal.*

List of international goals scored by Shaharuddin Abdullah No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref. 1 14 August 1968 Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia South Vietnam — 4-0 1968 Merdeka Tournament [2] 2 25 August 1968 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Burma — 3-0 1968 Merdeka Tournament [2] 3 30 October 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thailand 1-0 1-0 1969 Merdeka Tournament [2] 4 3 November 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia — 1-3 1969 Merdeka Tournament [2] 5 7 November 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Burma — 3-1 1969 Merdeka Tournament [2] 6 — 7 9 November 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia — 2-3 1969 Merdeka Tournament [2] 8 19 November 1969 Bangkok, Thailand Thailand — 2-2 1969 King's Cup [2] 9 7 December 1969 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Laos — 2-1 1969 SEAP Games [2] 10 8 December 1969 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar South Vietnam — 2-1 1969 SEAP Games [2] 11 4 August 1970 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Taiwan — 3-1 1970 Merdeka Tournament [2] 12 — 13 9 November 1970 Bangkok, Thailand Khmer Republic 1-0 1-1 1970 King's Cup [2] 14 20 November 1970 Bangkok, Thailand Indonesia 1-0 3-1 1970 King's Cup [2] 15 2-0 16 — 17 22 May 1971 Bangkok, Thailand Brunei 3-0 8-0 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification [2] 18 5-0 19 8-0 20 28 May 1971 Bangkok, Thailand Hong Kong — 2-1 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification [2] 21 — 22 8 November 1971 Bangkok, Thailand South Korea — 2-2 1971 King's Cup [2] 23 12 December 1971 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Laos — 5-0 1971 SEAP Games [2] 24 14 December 1971 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thailand — 4-2 1971 SEAP Games [2] 25 — 26 17 December 1971 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Vietnam 1-2 3-2 1971 SEAP Games [20] 27 2-2 28 3-2 29 18 December 1971 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Burma 1-1 1-2 1971 SEAP Games [21] 30 12 July 1972 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sri Lanka 2-0 4-1 1972 Merdeka Tournament [2] 31 3-0 32 4-0 33 19 July 1972 Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia Khmer Republic — 6-1 1972 Merdeka Tournament [2] 34 — 35 22 July 1972 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan 2-1 3-1 1972 Merdeka Tournament [2] 36 3-1 37 29 August 1972 ESV-Stadion, Ingolstadt, Germany United States — 3-0 1972 Summer Olympics [22] 38 28 September 1972 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Indonesia 1-0 1-3 1972 President's Cup [23] 39 23 May 1973 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Thailand 1-0 2-0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]

## Honours

**Penang**

- [Burnley Cup](/source/Burnley_Cup): 1964–65, 1966

- [Malaysia Kings Gold Cup](/source/Piala_Emas_Raja-Raja): 1966, 1968, 1969

- [Malaysia Cup](/source/Malaysia_Cup): 1974

**Penjara**

- [Malaysia FAM Cup](/source/Malaysia_FAM_Cup): 1970, 1971, 1973

**Malaysia**

- Bronze medal [Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games): [1974](/source/Football_at_the_1974_Asian_Games)

- [Kings Cup](/source/King's_Cup_(Thailand_football_tournament)): 1972

- [Merdeka Tournament](/source/Merdeka_Tournament): 1968, 1973, 1974

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## External links

- [Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia](http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=69) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150220170439/http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=69) 20 February 2015 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

v t e Malaysia football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 Kam Fook 2 Othman 3 Chin Ann 4 Namat 5 Chandran 6 Luam Khen 7 Hamzah 8 Shaharuddin 9 Zawawi 10 Krishnasamy 11 Salleh 12 Harun 13 Fung Kee 14 Choon Wah 15 Ali 16 Mohammed 17 Loon Teik 18 Rahim 19 Bahwandi Coach: Jalil

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