Norshahrul Idlan Talaha

Norshahrul Idlan
Personal information
Full name	Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
Date of birth	8 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Terengganu
Youth career
2002	Perak FA President's Cup
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Perak
2006–2007	Negeri Sembilan
2007–2009	UPB-MyTeam FC
2010–2012	Kelantan
2013–2014	Johor Darul Takzim
Jan 2015	ATM
April 2015–	Terengganu FA
International career‡
2003–2004	Malaysia U-21
2006–2010	Malaysia U-23
2007–	Malaysia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 December 2014

Norshahrul Idlan Talaha is a Malaysian footballer currently plays as a striker for Terengganu FA and the Malaysia national football team.

Career

Perak FA

Norshahrul was born in Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia. He moved to Perak when he was 1 months old. He attended a local school and started playing for the Perak FA President's Cup Team 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. After that, he was invited to play for the Malaysia national under-20 football team at the 2004 AFC Youth Championship that was held in Malaysia. He executed a perfect long range shot and scored ten goal for Malaysia. Malaysia later only made it to the quarter finals. After the tournament, he became a regular striker for Perak.

UPB-MyTeam FC

He later was invited to join the newly created club, UPB-MyTeam FC. He was one of the teams key player and the top scorer with 14 goals.

Kelantan FA

After UPB-MyTeam FC became defunct, he joined Kelantan FA. He was the top scorer in his first season at Kelantan FA . During the three seasons with Kelantan FA, he achieved a lot of success with the team especially on season 2012 after helping his team completed the treble by winning the Malaysia Cup 2012. He also won many individual awards such as Anugerah Bolasepak Kebangsaan as the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player.

Johor Darul Takzim FC

After spending three years in Kota Bharu, Norshahrul left the Kelantanese outfit to join Johor Darul Takzim FC for an undisclosed fee. On 8 January 2013, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to Pahang FA. He missed the penalty during Malaysia Cup Final 2014.

ATM FA

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 reunites with his former coach in Kelantan, B. Sathianathan who is the current coach of ATM.^[1]

International career

Norshahrul has played for the Malaysia national youth team for 2004 AFC Youth Championship. He is also one of the Malaysia under 23 players that won the 2007 Merdeka Tournament. He made his full international debut against Bahrain 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 Uganda. He later score his first full international goal against Lesotho on 11 September 2009.

He was part of the Kelantan's 2010 Malaysia Cup winning team. Norshahrul won two awards at the 2010 Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 100Plus-FAM as the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player.

In November 2010, Norshahrul was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Norshahrul scored 2 goals for Malaysia that time, one was a 5–1 loss against Indonesia and a 5–1 victory against Laos. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.

In 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 Dollah Salleh for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup squad, and played in all of Malaysia games as Malaysia advanced into the finals, only to be denied of the title by Thailand.^[2] Norshahrul scored one goal in the tournament, against Vietnam in the semi-final second leg.^[3]

Career stats

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Malaysia			League		FAM Cup		Malaysia Cup		Asia		Total
2003	Perak	Malaysia Premier League 1							-
2004		Malaysia Super League							-	-
2005									-
2005–06									-
2006–07	Negeri Sembilan								-	-
2007–08	UPB-MyTeam								-
2009	UPB-MyTeam								-
2010	Kelantan		23	11					-		23	11
2011			26	19	8	4			-		34	23
2012			21	6	3	1	11	3	3	0	38	10
2013	Johor Darul Takzim FC	Malaysia Super League							-
Total			Malaysia		70	36	11	5	11	3	3	0	95	44
Career total			70	36	11	5	11	3	3	0	95	44

International statistics

Senior team

Malaysia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	1	0
2009	7	1
2010	9	2
2011	4	0
2012	13	1
2013	6	1
2014	7	1
Total	47	6

Appearances in major competitions

Competition	App.	Goals	Team Result
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup	7	2	Winner's
2012 AFF Suzuki Cup	5	1	Semi-final's

Full international goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 September 2009	MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	Lesotho	5–0	Win	Friendly match
2.	1 December 2010	Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–5	Lost	2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
3.	7 December 2010	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Laos	5–1	Win	2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
4.	9 December 2012	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	1–1	Draw	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup
5.	15 October 2013	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Bahrain	1–1	Draw	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.	11 December 2014	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	4–1	Win	2014 AFF Championship