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Thanabalan Nadarajah (footballer, born 1943)

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Malaysian footballer 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 80–81)
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

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. Thanabalan scored 20 international goals in 46 appearances for Malaysia.

Career Overview

As a player, he mainly played for Selangor FA in the Malaysia Cup competition. He together with the late Abdul Ghani Minhat, M. Chandran and Abdullah Yeop Noordin among the squad players that helped Selangor to become runners-up in the 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament.

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.

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.

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

Career Statistics

International

Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thanabalan goal.
List of international goals scored by Thanabalan Nadarajah
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 September 1964 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Taiwan — 5-2 1964 Merdeka Tournament
2 19 August 1965 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia  South Vietnam — 3-3 1965 Merdeka Tournament
3 —
4 —
5 12 December 1966 Bangkok, Thailand  India — 1-2 1966 Asian Games
6 26 March 1967 Hong Kong  Hong Kong — 1-3 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7 13 August 1967 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Hong Kong — 3-0 1967 Merdeka Tournament
8 —
9 20 August 1967 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Thailand — 1-0 1967 Merdeka Tournament
10 23 August 1967 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  South Korea — 1-3 1967 Merdeka Tournament
11 16 November 1967 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  New Zealand — 2-8 Friendly Match
12 11 August 1968 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  India — 2-1 1968 Merdeka Tournament
13 14 August 1968 Ipoh, Malaysia  South Vietnam — 4-0 1968 Merdeka Tournament
14 —
15 17 August 1968 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Thailand — 4-1 1968 Merdeka Tournament
16 18 August 1968 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Burma — 1-1 1968 Merdeka Tournament
17 25 August 1968 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Burma — 3-0 1968 Merdeka Tournament
18 21 November 1968 Bangkok, Thailand  Laos — 5-0 1968 King's Cup
19 —
20 7 December 1969 Rangoon, Burma  Laos — 2-1 1969 SEAP Games

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. "Selangor Pernah Hampir Jadi Juara Asia!" (in Malay). The Patriots Asia. 5 December 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. "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.
  6. "'Super Mokh' and 'Spiderman' honoured". The Star. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. "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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