Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Felda United | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998 – 2002 | Perak FA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 – 2006 | Perak FA | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 – 2007 | Negeri Sembilan FA | 28 | (16) |
| 2007 – 2009 | UPB-MyTeam FC | 75 | (44) |
| 2010 – 2012 | Kelantan FA | 70 | (39) |
| 2012 – 2014 | Johor Darul Takzim F.C. | 35 | (16) |
| 2015 | ATM FA | 12 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Terengganu FA | 19 | (2) |
| 2017– | Felda United FC | 8 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 – 2004 | Malaysia U-21 | 10 | (2) |
| 2006 – 2010 | Malaysia U-23 | 14 | (5) |
| 2007 – | Malaysia | 54 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 22, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 23, 2017 |
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Norshahrul Idlan Talaha is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Felda United and the Malaysia national team. He is also known as Mat Yo.
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 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.
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.
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 in the 2012 season where he helped his team complete the treble by winning the 2012 Malaysia Cup. He also has won many individual awards such as Anugerah Bolasepak Kebangsaan as the Best Forward and Most Valuable Player.
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.
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