Indra Putra Mahayuddin

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Indra Putra Mahayuddin
Indra Putra (right) playing at the 2012 Malaysia Cup.
Personal information
Full name Indra Putra bin Mahayuddin
Date of birth (1981-09-02) 2 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Ipoh, Malaysia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Forward
Team information
Current team
Putrajaya Athletic
Number 23
Youth career
1997–1998
Perak President's Cup
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003
Perak
45 (10)
2004–2007
Pahang
54 (29)
2008
Selangor
23 (3)
2009–2010
Kelantan
44 (23)
2011–2012
T-Team
24 (11)
2012–2013
Kelantan
46 (13)
2014–2015
Felda United
39 (16)
2016–2017
Kelantan
38 (5)
2018–2021 Kuala Lumpur City 72 (15)
2022 Perak 9 (0)
2023
Kelantan United
24 (4)
2024– Putrajaya Athletic 0 (0)
International career
2001–2004 Malaysia U23
2002–2015 Malaysia 56[1] (17)
Medal record
Malaysia under-23
Sea Games
Silver medal – second place
Sea Games 2001
Football
Malaysia
Asean Football Championship
Runner-up AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2020

Indra Putra bin Mahayuddin

winger but mostly spent his career playing as left winger.[3]

Club career

Beginnings with Perak, Pahang and Selangor

Indra Putra has played for the

Perak youth team when he was a teenager. He then was promoted to the senior team in 1999 under the late Karl Heinz Weigang. He made his senior debut in the 1999 Malaysia Cup qualifying round.[4]
He scored his first goal in a 2-1 home win against Penang in the 1999 Malaysia Cup.[5]

With Perak, Indra Putra mainly started playing in the left wing and occasionally as striker. He helped Perak to clinch the back to back

Malaysian Super League in his first season
.

Indra Putra Mahayuddin was described as the best Malaysian football player in his generation by former

Malaysian Super League season top goalscorer with 15 goals from 19 league appearances. He remains, until this day, the last Malaysian football player to win that accolade in the presence of foreign players.[6]

He joined

Selangor
for the 2008 season, after his contract with Pahang expired.

Kelantan

During 2009 season, Indra Putra joined

winning team.

T-Team

Indra signed with Kuala Terengganu-based club,

T-Team
in 2011. He made 24 league appearances scoring 11 goals. He also helped T-Team reaching the Malaysia Cup semi final.

Second Stint with Kelantan

After one season with T-Team, Indra returned to Kelantan for the 2012 season. During the

ATM. During the season, he also help the team win the 2012 Super League and 2012 Malaysia FA Cup
, completing the treble.

Felda United

Indra joined

Felda United, who were just relegated to the Premier League, at the end of the 2013. He helped the club finish runners-up in the 2014 Malaysia Premier League, and the club was promoted straight back to the Malaysia Super League after only being in the second division for one season.[8]

Third Stint with Kelantan

On 30 December 2015, Indra was officially announced as Kelantan new signing during a friendly match with

PKNP by Kelantan FA President, Annuar Musa.[9]
He was released at the end of his contract.

Kuala Lumpur

On 3 December 2017, Indra signed a contract with newly promoted side

PKNS; his first goal was 21 February 2004 against Sabah FA
.

International career

Indra Putra has played for the Malaysia at youth level and senior level. He represented

to a 4th-place finish.

In 2002, Indra was call up for an international friendly match against five times World Cup winners Brazil. He was selected as one of the first eleven to play against Brazilian stars such as Ronaldo and Barca's Ronaldinho.[13][14][15]

He also been called up by Malaysia national football team coach Norizan Bakar for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 in July, co-hosting by 4 countries Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. In the competition, Indra Putra is the only Malaysian player to score a goal, against China, as Malaysia crashed out in the group stages having lost all group games.

Indra Putra also represented the Malaysia Selection against Premier League clubs. He played against Manchester United twice in 2001 and 2009, and Chelsea at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008.

He was unexpectedly recalled to Malaysia national team, after a long period of absence, for a match against Indonesia on 14 September 2014 by national coach Dollah Salleh. He entered the match as a substitute, which ended in a 2–0 loss to Malaysia. At the 2014 AFF Championship, he score Malaysia's third goal in a 3-1 win against host Singapore. The goal became a viral meme after the Malaysia-Singapore match.[16] In the second leg of the 2014 AFF Championship final match, Indra Putra scored the second goal before half time to level Malaysia on aggregate.[17] Malaysia won 3-2 but lose 4-3 on aggregate.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2023[18][19]
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Others Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Perak
1999 0 0 6 2 4[c] 0 10 2
2000 1 0 0 0 5 0 6 0
2001 10 0 3 0 8 2 21 2
2002 22 5 8 6 9 5 39 16
2003 12 5 1 0 7 1 3[d] 1 23 7
Total 45 10 12 6 35 10 7 1 99 27
Pahang
2004
19 15 6 4 9 4 34 23
2005
18 11 1 0 7 3 6[e] 4 32 18
2005–06
15 3 7 7 2 1 24 11
2006–07
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 54 29 14 11 18 8 6 4 92 52
Selangor
2007–08
23 3 8 0 14 4 45 7
Total 23 3 8 0 14 4 45 7
Kelantan
2009 19 14 8 4 9 11 36 29
2010
25 9 2 1 11 3 38 13
Total 44 23 10 5 20 14 74 42
T-Team
2011
24 11 1 1 9 5 34 17
Total 24 11 1 1 9 5 34 17
Kelantan
2012
25 7 7 2 10 3 7[f] 1 49 13
2013 21 6 6 2 11 5 7[g] 2 45 15
Total 46 13 13 4 21 8 14 3 94 28
Felda United 2014 18 10 6 2 9 2 33 14
2015 21 6 1 0 9 1 31 7
Total 39 16 7 2 18 3 64 21
Kelantan
2016 17 3 2 0 7 1 26 4
2017 21 2 1 1 6 0 28 3
Total 38 5 3 1 13 1 54 7
Kuala Lumpur
2018 20 6 4 0 6 0 30 6
2019 21 6 4 3 5[h] 0 30 9
2020 11 3 11 3
2021 20 0 0 0 7 0 27 0
Total 72 15 8 3 13 0 5 0 98 18
Perak 2022 9 0 9 0
Total 9 0 9 0
Kelantan United
2023 24 4 1 0 2 1 3[i] 1 30 6
Total 24 4 1 0 2 1 3 1 30 6
Career total 418 129 77 33 163 54 35 9 693 225
  1. ^ Malaysia FA Cup
  2. ^ Malaysia Cup
  3. ^ Appearances at the 1999 Malaysia Cup qualifying round.
  4. ^ Appearances at the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship.
  5. ^ Appearances at the 2005 AFC Cup.
  6. Malaysia Charity Shield
  7. Malaysia Charity Shield
  8. ^ Appearances at the 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup
  9. ^ Appearances at the 2023 MFL Challenge Cup

International

As of match played 22 October 2020[1][20]
Malaysia
Year Apps Goals
2002 8 5
2003 6 1
2004 5 0
2006 4 1
2007 7 1
2008 10 7
2009 1 0
2014 11 2
2015 4 0
Total 56 17

International goals

As of December 2014.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 December 2002 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia  Cambodia 5–0 Win Friendly
2. 18 December 2002 Singapore, Singapore  Singapore 0–4 Win
2002 Tiger Cup
Group stage
3. 18 December 2002 Singapore, Singapore  Singapore 0–4 Win
2002 Tiger Cup
Group stage
4. 20 December 2002 Singapore, Singapore  Thailand 3–1 Win
2002 Tiger Cup
Group stage
5. 29 December 2002 Singapore, Singapore  Vietnam 2–1 Lose
2002 Tiger Cup
Third/Fourth place
6. 22 October 2003 Manama, Bahrain  Bahrain 3–1 Lose 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7. 23 August 2006 Shah Alam, Malaysia  Myanmar 1–2 Lose 2006 Merdeka Tournament Group stage
8. 10 July 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  China 1–5 Lose 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group stage
9. 22 July 2008
Hyderabad, India
 India 1–1 Draw Friendly
10. 15 October 2008 Kelana Jaya, Malaysia    Nepal 4–0 Win 2008 Merdeka Tournament
11. 23 October 2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Myanmar 4–0 Win 2008 Merdeka Tournament
12. 23 October 2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Myanmar 4–0 Win 2008 Merdeka Tournament
13. 6 December 2008
Phuket, Thailand
 Laos 3–0 Win
2008 AFF Suzuki Cup
14. 8 December 2008
Phuket, Thailand
 Vietnam 2–3 Lose
2008 AFF Suzuki Cup
15. 8 December 2008
Phuket, Thailand
 Vietnam 2–3 Lose
2008 AFF Suzuki Cup
16. 29 November 2014 Singapore, Singapore  Singapore 3–1 Win
2014 AFF Suzuki Cup
17. 20 December 2014 Bukit Jalil, Malaysia  Thailand 3–2 Win
2014 AFF Suzuki Cup

Honours

Club

Perak

Pahang

Kelantan

  • Malaysia Super League: 2012
  • Malaysia FA Cup:
    2013
  • 2012

Kuala Lumpur City

International

Individual

Records

References

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  4. ^ [1] - Harian Metro, 24 August 1999.
  5. ^ Indra, Khalid Perak Heroes - New Straits Times, 26 September 1999.
  6. ^ Shahrel poised for Golden Boot - New Straits Times, 27 September 2020.
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