Mokhtar Dahari

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Dahari is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Mokhtar. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Dato' Mohd Mokhtar bin Dahari DSSA DIMP AMN PJK (13 November 1953 – 11 July 1991) was a Malaysian professional footballer who played for Selangor. He is considered a legendary footballer in Malaysian history. FIFA acknowledged his 89 goals in international matches and took his team to an World Football Elo Ratings of 61 in 1977.^[3][4][5][6] A prolific forward, he was nicknamed Supermokh due to his playing skills and strength.^[7][8] Mokhtar is the all-time top scorer for the Malaysian national team.^[9][10][11]

Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Mokhtar Dahari
DSSA DIMP AMN PJK

Mokhtar in 1975
Personal information
Full name	Mohd Mokhtar bin Dahari
Date of birth	(1953-11-13)13 November 1953
Place of birth	Setapak, Selangor, Federation of Malaya
Date of death	11 July 1991(1991-07-11) (aged 37)
Place of death	Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1987	Selangor	375[1]	(177)
International career
1972–1985	Malaysia	142[2]	(89)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Malaysia Asian Games 1974 Tehran Team SEA Games 1977 Kuala Lumpur Team 1979 Jakarta Team 1981 Manila Team 1975 Bangkok Team 1973 Singapore Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born on 13 November 1953 at Setapak, Selangor (in present-day Kuala Lumpur), Mokhtar was the first son of Aminah Sharikan and Dahari Abeng. His father, Dahari, worked as a lorry driver but barely earned enough to support his family. His family moved to Kampung Pandan in Kuala Lumpur when Mokthar was 11 years old.^[12] Upon moving, he attended secondary school at Victoria Institution in the city and began to show interest and talent in playing football at an early age. He played for his school and later for his home state, the Selangor.^[12]

Playing career

"If you're ashamed to stand by your colours, you'd better seek for another flag!"

— Mokhtar Dahari —^[13]

The late Mokhtar, an all-time top scorer with 89 goals in his 142 appearances with the national team, was recognised by FIFA as among the top international goalscorers in men's football.^[14]

Mokhtar first played for Selangor in the Burnley Cup, which they won. He was later asked to play for the club regularly where he became the top scorer in his first season playing for Selangor. He helped the club win many tournaments, mainly the Malaysia Cup with 10 titles and scoring 177 goals altogether.^[15] He also played for Kelab Sultan Sulaiman, PKNS, Talasco and Kwok Yik Bank in the FAM Cup and Selangor League.^[15] In proving his loyalty for the team, he was quoted as saying: "I live and die for Selangor".^{[note 1]} Later, he was selected to play for the Malaysia national team. He was only 19 years old when he first played for the national team in an international game, with his first game against Sri Lanka in 1972.^[17] He helped Malaysia to win bronze in the 1974 Asian Games and two gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games in 1977 and 1979 respectively. He scored both goals in a 2–0 win of the Malaysia Selection against Arsenal in a friendly in 1975 that led to rumours that top clubs in England were interested in him.^[18][19] After the game, he had an offer from one of the European giants, the Real Madrid but declined to join because of his patriotism and love for his home club of Selangor.^[20][21] Known for his speed and accuracy, Mokhtar was named Best Asian Striker by World Soccer magazine when he was 23 years old.^[22][23]

Mokhtar was famous for his speed and roars of Supermokh from the crowds were common, with many of the younger generation idolising him with some trying to imitate his moves on the field. Mokhtar once scored a goal for Malaysia from the halfway line beating Joe Corrigan with an shot in a 1–1 draw against England B in 1978, dribbling past half of the opposing team coached by Bobby Robson.^[24][25] Also memorable was when Gordon Hill praised Mokhtar as "Hero Dahari" in Shoot! magazine in his column after the England B tour in 1978.^[26]

Mokhtar Dahari retired in May 1986 after winning the Malaysia Cup for Selangor. After the award giving ceremony, Mokhtar went to the club's president and proceeded to give him his number 10 jersey, telling the president to let the club keep the jersey for him.^[12] He came out of retirement in January 1987 to play one more season for Selangor.

Coaching career

After Mokhtar started having injury problems, he became a local coach to help the younger generation become better footballers.

One of his trainees was a young Roshan Thiran, future Co-founder and CEO of Leaderonomics, who regularly speaks on his experiences playing under Mokhtar.^[27] Mokhtar asked his Selangor partner, Reduan Abdullah to write a book about his life and his career. Mokhtar also coached for Selangor at times. After his retirement, he became a player-coach for Kwong Yik Bank.

Personal life

Before becoming a professional footballer, he played other sports such as badminton, sepak takraw, and hockey.^[12] Mokhtar worked for PKNS in the afternoon and played football in the evening. He earned little during his time with PKNS. He later quit PKNS and worked for Kwong Yik Bank (now known as RHB Bank) to gain better prospects for himself and his family. Mokhtar met Tengku Zarina Tengku Ibrahim through friends. After knowing her for 10 years, they finally got married on 24 February 1979. He then became the father of three children: Nur Azera (the eldest daughter), Mohd Reza (the eldest son) and Nur Arina (the youngest daughter).^[28]

Illness and death

Mokhtar began having throat problems and went to the hospital to find out what the problem was. Doctors diagnosed him as having motor neurone disease (MND) with the discovery only being told to him and his wife.^[12] He then went to London with his wife in an attempt to cure his condition. After three years battling the disease and his condition worsening, Mokhtar died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) on 11 July 1991.^[12] The press reported Mokhtar's suffering from muscular dystrophy as the cause of his death. His body was laid to rest at Taman Keramat Permai Muslim Cemetery in Taman Keramat, Ampang, Selangor.^[12] His life journey and the real cause of death was only revealed for the first time in a documentary called The Untold Truth About Supermokh in the National Geographic Channel on 30 August 2010, about 19 years after his death.^[29]

Career statistics

During his international career, Mokhtar scored a total of 125 goals in 167 appearances for Malaysia (including matches played against club sides, national 'B' teams and selection teams).^[1][30] Against other nations' national 'A' teams, he scored 89 goals in 142 appearances.^[2][31][3] This made him once the world's top scorer for men's national teams.^{[8][32][33][34]} His international 85 goals in 1980 saw him overtake Ferenc Puskás as the then-all-time highest scorer, an honour Mokhtar held for almost 24 years until Iran’s Ali Daei notched his 90 international goal in 2004.^[32]

Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mokhtar goal.

List of international goals scored by Mokhtar Dahari

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5 June 1972	Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	3–0	3–0	1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	[35]
2	9 June 1972	Jakarta, Indonesia	Laos	2–1	2–1	1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	[36]
3	15 June 1972	Jakarta, Indonesia	Burma	2–0	2–2	1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	[37]
4	19 July 1972	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia	Khmer Republic	6–1	6–1	1972 Merdeka Tournament	[38]
5	20 November 1972	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	2–0	2–0	1972 King's Cup	[39]
6	28 November 1972	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0	1–0	1972 King's Cup	[40]
7	1 August 1973	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	2–0	2–2	1973 Merdeka Tournament	[41]
8	4 August 1973	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	4–0	4–0	1973 Merdeka Tournament	[42]
9	12 August 1973	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kuwait	1–1	3–1	1973 Merdeka Tournament	[43]
10				3–1
11	7 September 1973	Kallang Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	2–0	3–0	1973 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games	[44]
12	23 September 1973	Seoul, South Korea	Thailand	4–1	5–1	1973 President's Cup	[45]
13	1 November 1973	Saigon, South Vietnam	South Vietnam	1	5–1	1973 South Vietnam Independence Cup	[46]
14				2
15	3 November 1973	Saigon, South Vietnam	Singapore	2–0	2–1	1973 South Vietnam Independence Cup	[47]
16	20 December 1973	Bangkok, Thailand	Khmer Republic	1–0	3–2	1973 King's Cup	[48]
17				2–1
18				3–2
19	23 December 1973	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0	1–0	1973 King's Cup	[49]
20	25 December 1973	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea	1–2	1–2	1973 King's Cup	[50]
21	7 June 1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	2–3	3–4	1974 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	[51]
22				3–3
23	27 July 1974	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia	Hong Kong	1–0	1–0	1974 Merdeka Tournament	[52]
24	1 August 1974	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	1–0		[53]
25	7 September 1974	Tehran, Iran	Philippines	2–0	11–0	1974 Asian Games	[54][55]
26				3–0
27				7–0
28				9–0
29				10–0
30	10 December 1974	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	2–0	2–0	1974 King's Cup	[56]
31	20 December 1974	Bangkok, Thailand	Khmer Republic	2–0	3–0	1974 King's Cup	[57]
32				3–0
33	16 March 1975	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea	2–1	2–1	1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[58]
34	16 June 1975	Jakarta, Indonesia	South Korea	1–1	1–1 (5–4 P.S.O)	1975 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament	[59]
35	29 July 1975	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea	1–3	1–3	1975 Merdeka Tournament	[60]
36	4 August 1975	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	1–0	1975 Merdeka Tournament	[61]
37	6 August 1975	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Bangladesh	3–0	3–0	1975 Merdeka Tournament	[62]
38	8 August 1975	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hong Kong	2–0	3–1	1975 Merdeka Tournament	[63]
39	10 August 1975	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Burma	2–1	2–1	1975 Merdeka Tournament	[64]
40	9 December 1975	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–1	1–1 (3–4 P.S.O)	1975 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games	[65]
41	13 December 1975	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma	1–0	1–0	1975 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games	[66]
42	16 December 1975	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–2	1–2	1975 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games	[67]
43	15 February 1976	Jakarta, Indonesia	Papua New Guinea	1–0	10–1	1976 Olympic Games qualification	[68][69]
44				7–0
45	21 February 1976	Jakarta, Indonesia	Singapore	2–0	6–0	1976 Olympic Games qualification	[70]
46				6–0
47	5 June 1976	Tabriz, Iran	China	1–0	1–1	1976 AFC Asian Cup	[71]
48	7 August 1976	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea	1–0	2–1	1976 Merdeka Tournament	[72]
49	12 August 1976	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	2–0	5–1	1976 Merdeka Tournament	[73]
50				3-0
51	14 August 1976	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	4–0	7–1	1976 Merdeka Tournament	[74]
52				5–0
53	17 August 1976	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Burma	1–0	3–1	1976 Merdeka Tournament	[75]
54	22 August 1976	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	1–0	2–0	1976 Merdeka Tournament	[76]
55				2–0
56	11 September 1976	Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	4–1	4–4	1976 President's Cup	[77]
57	13 September 1976	Seoul, South Korea	Singapore	3–0	2–0	1976 President's Cup	[78]
58				4–0
59	18 July 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	2–0	3–0	1977 Merdeka Tournament	[79]
60	26 July 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea	1–1	1–1	1977 Merdeka Tournament	[80]
61	29 July 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	1–1	5–1	1977 Merdeka Tournament	[81]
62	21 November 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Philippines	2–0	5–0	1977 SEA Games[82]	[83]
63				4–0
64	23 November 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Brunei	3–0	7–0	1977 SEA Games	[84]
65	25 November 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Burma	2–0	9–1	1977 SEA Games	[85]
66				3–0
67				4–0
68				7–1
69				8–1
70	26 November 1977	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	2–0	2–0	1977 SEA Games	[86]
71	14 July 1978	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	1–0	6–0	1978 Merdeka Tournament	[87]
72				4–0
73	16 July 1978	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	2–0	1978 Merdeka Tournament	[88]
74	19 July 1978	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	1–0	1–0	1978 Merdeka Tournament	[89]
75	2 May 1979	Bangkok, Thailand	Sri Lanka	1–0	3–1	1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[90]
76				3–1
77	5 May 1979	Bangkok, Thailand	Indonesia	4–1	4–1	1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[91]
78	29 June 1979	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Burma	1–0	4–1	1979 Merdeka Tournament	[92]
79				2–0
80				3–0
81	23 September 1979	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Singapore	2–0	2–0	1979 SEA Games	[93]
82	30 September 1979	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	1–0	1979 SEA Games	[94]
83	15 October 1980	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Morocco	2–0	2–0	1980 Merdeka Tournament	[95]
84	20 October 1980	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	2–2	1980 Merdeka Tournament	[96]
85	27 October 1980	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kuwait	1–1	2–1	1980 Merdeka Tournament	[97]
86	30 October 1980	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	New Zealand	1–0	2–0	1980 Merdeka Tournament	[98]
87	5 April 1981	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	1–0	1–1	1981 Ovaltine Cup	[99]
88	9 September 1981	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	1–0	2–0	1981 Merdeka Tournament	[100]
89	15 September 1981	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	2–1	2–2	1981 Merdeka Tournament	[101]

Honours

Selangor

• Malaysian League: 1984
• Malaysia Cup: 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986
• Malaysia Charity Cup: 1985, 1987

Malaysia

• Pestabola Merdeka: 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979
• King's Cup: 1972, 1978
• SEA Games: 1977, 1979; silver medal: 1975, 1981; bronze medal: 1973
• Asian Games: bronze medal 1974

Individual

• National Sportsman Award 1976^[102]
• World Soccer: The Best Asian Striker 1976^[22]
• AFC Asian All Stars: 1982^[103]
• AFC Century Club 1999^[104][105]
• IFFHS Men Best Malaysian Players of the Century (1901–2000)^[106]
• IFFHS Men's All Time Malaysia Dream Team: 2022^[107]
• OCM Hall of Fame: 2004^[108]
• Ex-State & Ex-National Footballers Association of Malaysia Honour: 2011^[109]
• FourFourTwo's Top 25 Malaysian Players of All Time (1st Place): 2014^[110][111]
• Goal.com The best Malaysia XI of all time: 2020^[112]

Records

• Selangor all-time top scorer: 177 goals^[1]
• Malaysia national football team all-time top scorer: 89 goals^[113]
• Southeast Asia all-time top scorer for men's national teams: 89 goals
• Asia-Pacific all-time top scorer for men's national teams: 89 goals
• 20th century all-time top scorer for men's national teams (1901–2000): 89 goals^[114]
• The youngest player to score 50 goals for men's national teams: aged 22 years 273 days^[32]
• Former all-time top scorer for men's national teams between 27 October 1980 until 16 June 2004 after surpassing Ferenc Puskás 84 goals.^[114][32]
• Former Asian all-time top scorer for men's national teams between 2 May 1979 until 16 June 2004 after surpassing Kunishige Kamamoto 75 goals.^[114][115]

Orders

•  Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1977)^[116]
•  Pahang :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2000–posthumously)^[117]
•  Selangor :
  • Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (1977)^[118]
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (DSSA) – Dato' (2001–posthumously)^[119]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1983	Mekanik[120]	Himself

Legacy

Several places and honours were named after him, including:

• The Mokhtar Dahari Community Square (Dataran Komuniti Mokhtar Dahari), a community hall located at Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur was named after him where Mokhtar used to stay, occasionally playing football there.^[121][122]
• A futsal court called Gelanggang Mokhtar Dahari (Moktar Dahari Futsal Court), located at Putrajaya Futsal Complex in Putrajaya, is named after him.^[123]
• The national football academy Mokhtar Dahari National Football Academy (Akademi Bola Sepak Negara Mokhtar Dahari), located at Gambang, Pahang and established on 10 April 2014, was named after him.^[124]
• The Shah Alam-Batu Arang Highway connecting Shah Alam and Puncak Alam was renamed Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari in 2014.^[125]
• In 2014, Google celebrated his 61st birthday.^[126] There is also a theatre showcase his legendary football career in Istana Budaya called "Super Mokh" portrayed by Malaysian singer-actor, Awie.^[127]

Footnotes

1. Original: "Hidup dan mati saya untuk Selangor".^[16]

See also

• List of progression men's association football goalscoring record
• List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of one-club men in association football

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Bibliography

• Mokhtar Dahari Wira Bolasepak Negara. Zabidi Ismail. (in Malay). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (1999). ISBN 9-836-24959-1
• Mokhtar Dahari: Legenda Bola Sepak Malaysia. Zinnitulniza Abdul Kadir. (in Malay). Institute of Translation & Books of Malaysia (2013). ISBN 978-9-6743037-0-9

Further reading

• Mokhtar Dahari: Permata bola sepak negara (in Malay) Berita Harian
• Remembering 'SuperMokh' 25 years later (in English) Sports247

External links

• The Untold Truth About Supermokh on YouTube
• Mokhtar Dahari at National-Football-Teams.com
• Biography at Selangor FC.com (in Malay)