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 National and State Captain

NAMAT ABDULLAH

I'm Namat Abdullah

Datuk Namat Abdullah is a Malaysian football icon. The former national and Penang state captain, was part of the only Malaysian team that qualified and played in an Olympic finals.
Born in 1946 in Penang, Namat was the eldest of nine children. His father and his younger brother Shahruddin were also footballers. Namat and Shahruddin began playing serious football for the Royal Airforce team and later for Marine Harbour Master in Penang. By then Namat's footballing skills were being noticed and together with Shahruddin was selected to play for the Penang Burnley Cup team which became champions in 1969. That same year the brothers were selected for the Penang senior side and soon got a national call-up for the Merdeka Tournament.

Namat was also a member of one of the best club teams at that time - Malaysian Prisons.

The highlight of Namat's football career, was helping Malaysia book a place in the 1972 Olympic finals in Munich.

A spirited Malaysia shocked Japan, South Korea, China and the Philippines to top the pre-Olympic group stage. And in the opening match at the Munich Olympic Stadium, Namat and the formidable Malaysian defence held mighty West Germany to a scoreless first half before going down 3-0. Malaysia then beat USA and lost to Morocco. But what an achievement for a young, newly-independent nation.

In 1974, Namat led Malaysia to third place in the Asian Games, and then Penang to the Malaysia Cup Championship.

Nmat Abdullah
Penang beat Perak 2-1 in the final to become Malaysia Cup Champions after 16 years.
And in 1976, as captain, Namat led Penang to win the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Bangladesh.
Sadly, in December 2020, Datuk Namat Abdullah passed away. But his achievements and that of the teams that he played for and skippered, will go down in history as some of the best football teams Malaysia ever produced.

"Semangat untuk negara ni macam, orang kata apa, kira macam tanggungjawab untuk rakyat Malaysia"

TIPS AND TREATS

The Champion In Me

Semua discipline
That's why we were all fit
Boot sendiri beli

We Were Champions

Football

Achievements

Captain of Penang and Malaysia

Malaysian Prisons team

1970 FAM Cup - Champion

1971 FAM Cup - Champion

1973 FAM Cup - Champion

1967 - 1977 Penang state team

Penang state football captain

1969 Burnley Cup - Champion

1974 Malaysia Cup Championship - Captained Penang

1969 - 1975 Malaysian team

1972 Munich Olympic Football Finals

1973 & 1974 Pestabola Merdeka - Champions

1974 Tehran Asian Games - Bronze medal

Namat also captained Penang to the Aga Khan Gold Cup
triumph in Bangladesh in 1976.

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