Mokhtar Dahari

Soccer Player

Birthday November 13, 1953

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Setapak, Malaysia

DEATH DATE Jul 11, 1991 (37)

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About

Striker who scored 320 goals during his career with the Malaysian national team from 1972 to 1985 and Selangor FA from 1972 to 1988.

Before Fame

He won the Burnley Youth Cup as a member of Liverpool's youth team.

Trivia

He died of of Motor Neurone Disease in 1991, at the young age of thirty-seven.

Family Life

He was married to Zarina Binti Ibrahim, with whom he had three children.

Associated With

He famously shook the hand of renowned Argentine soccer coach and former player Diego Maradona at a game against the Boca Juniors.