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Dato' Mohd. Mokhtar Dahari AMN DSSA DIMP (13 November 1953 – 11 July 1991) was a Malaysian football player from Setapak, Selangor.
He played for F.A. Selangor for most of his life, and he is considered a legendary footballer in Malaysian football history, especially with F.A. Selangor.
A prolific forward, he was nicknamed Supermokh due to his playing skills and strength.
He scored 89 goals in 142 full international matches for Malaysia, and helped the team reach its highest-ever Elo ranking of 61 in 1977.
Mokhtar is also the all-time top scorer for the Malaysian national team.
On 29th June, 2021, FIFA acknowledged him as the top scorer of all time with a total of 89 goals ranking him at third place after Ali Daei and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Other legendary names include Pele (77 goals) and Lionel Messi (75 goals), in seventh and ninth place respectively.
Mokhtar was famous for his speed and roars of Supermokh from the crowds were common
Many of the younger generation idolize 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 incredible shot in a 1–1 draw against England B in 1978, dribbling past half of the opposing team coached by Bobby Robson.
Writer Gordon Hill even praised Mokhtar as "Hero Dahari '' in Shoot! magazine, in his column after the tour.
The legend died in July 1991 due to motor neuron disease (MND), however, the cause of death was kept a secret for 19 years, until it was reported in a documentary aired on National Geographic in August 2010.
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