Namat Abdullah

Dato' Namat Abdullah DSPN AMN (30 March 1946 – 17 December 2020) was a Malaysian footballer.

Namat Abdullah
Personal information
Full name Namat Abdullah
Date of birth 30 March 1946
Place of birth Penang, Malaysia
Date of death 17 December 2020 (aged 74)
Place of death Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1977 Penang FA ?? (?)
National team
1967–1975 Malaysia ?? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career overview

He was born in Butterworth, Penang. He played for Malaysia in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and in the 1974 World Cup qualifying matches.[1] For a period, Namat was also captain of Penang FA. In 2014, FourFourTwo ranked him 22nd on their list of best Malaysian footballers of all time.[2]

Personal life

Shahruddin Abdullah, his brother also played for Penang FA and Malaysia national football team.

Death

He died at his son-in-law's residence in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia at 74 after a long battle with intestinal cancer at 5.30 pm on 17 December 2020. His body was brought to his residence in Taman Peruda, Sungai Petani the same day and his funeral was held at 9 pm the following day on 18 December 2020.

Honours

Awards

Orders

References
  1. http://malaysiafootball2u.blogspot.com/p/great-players.html
  2. "FourFourTwo's Top 25 Malaysian Players of All Time". FourFourTwo. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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