Thanabalan Nadarajah (footballer, born 1943)

Thanabalan a/l Nadarajah (born in 1943) was a Malaysian former footballer. He is remembered for his contribution during the Merdeka Tournament in 1968. Malaysia won the trophy by beating Burma 3–0 in the final. Thanabalan scored one of the three goals.[1] Thanabalan scored 20 international goals in 46 appearances for Malaysia.[2][3]

For the currently active footballer, see N. Thanabalan.
In this Indian name, the name Nadarajah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Thanabalan. The abbreviation "a/l" (anak lelaki) or "a/p" (anak perempuan), if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" in Malay respectively.

Thanabalan Nadarajah
Personal information
Full name Thanabalan a/l Nadarajah
Date of birth 1943 (age 79–80)
Place of birth Brickfields, Selangor,
British Malaya
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1971 Selangor
International career
1960–1963 Malaya U-20
1964–1969 Malaysia 46 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was also one of the three players who had scored four goals in a Malaysia Cup final after Lee Ah Loke(1952) and Abdul Ghani Minhat(1963) in 1968.[4]

On 23 September 2011, he was awarded the special award by Ex-State & Ex-National Footballers Association of Malaysia for being a top scorer in the final of the Malaysia Cup competition.[5]

In 2013, he was inducted in Olympic Council of Malaysia's Hall of Fame.[6]

Honours
Selangor

International
Malaya U-20
Malaysia

References
  1. "Did You Know That Our Striker N. Thanabalan Helped Malaysia Beat Myanmar In 1968 AND 2017? | News | Rojak Daily (Web Archived)". Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
  2. Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF.
  3. Nadarajah Thanabalan - International Appearances, RSSSF.
  4. "Memorable events in 100 years of Malaysia Cup". Timesports. NST. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. "'Super Mokh' and 'Spiderman' honoured". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  6. "OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST" (in Malay). OCM. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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