Norshahrul Idlan


Norshahrul Idlan bin Talaha is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United and the Malaysia national team. He is also known as Mat Yo.

Career

Perak FA

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.

UPB-MyTeam FC

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

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 was reunited with his former coach back when he was in Kelantan, B. Sathianathan.

Terengganu FA

After spending a season with ATM FA, he signed with Terengganu FA for the 2015 Malaysia Super League season.

Felda United

Norshahrul signed with Felda United after spending two years with Terengganu. He scored his first goal a 1-0 victory against PKNS. He then went on to score his second goal against league leaders and former club Johor Darul Ta'zim in a 3-1 defeat.

Pahang FA

After a disappointing spell with Felda United, he went on to sign with Malaysian Super League runners up Pahang FA.

BG Pathum United

After released by Pahang, he signed a one-year contract with BG Pathum United for 2020 Thai League 1 season.

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.
On 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. Norshahrul scored one goal in the tournament, against Vietnam in the semi-final second leg.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances in major competitions

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 July 2009Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia14–04–0Friendly
1.11 September 2009Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia2–05–0Friendly
2.1 December 2010Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia1–01–52010 AFF Championship
3.7 December 2010Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia4–15–12010 AFF Championship
4.9 December 2012Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1–01–12012 AFF Championship
5.15 October 2013Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia1–11–12015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.11 December 2014Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam2–04–22014 AFF Championship
7.12 October 2018Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka1–14–1Friendly
8.8 November 2018Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia1–01–02018 AFF Championship
9.12 November 2018Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2–13–12018 AFF Championship
10.12 November 2018Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3–13–12018 AFF Championship
11.24 November 2018Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1–03–02018 AFF Championship
12.5 December 2018Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand2–22–22018 AFF Championship
13.7 June 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3–07–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.5 October 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3–06–0Friendly

1 FIFA revoked the ‘A’ international classification for the matches once it was discovered that a Zimbabwean club team, Monomotapa United impersonated as the Zimbabwe national team and were not approved by the Zimbabwe Football Association.

U-23 team

Appearances in major competitions

Honours

;Pahang FA
;Johor Darul Takzim
;Kelantan FA