Indra Putra Mahayuddin

Indra Putra Mahayuddin
	Indra Putra (right) playing at the 2012 Malaysia Cup
Personal information
Full name	Indra Putra bin Mahayuddin
Date of birth	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	PT Athletic F.C.
Number	23
Youth career
1997–1998	Perak President's Cup
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2003	Perak
2004–2007	Pahang
2008	Selangor
2009–2010	Kelantan
2011–2012	T-Team
2012–2013	Kelantan
2014–2015	Felda United
2016–2017	Kelantan
2018–2021	Kuala Lumpur City
2022	Perak
2023	Kelantan United
International career‡
2001–2004	Malaysia U23
2002–2015	Malaysia
Medal record
Malaysia under-23
Sea Games
Malaysia
Asean Football Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2020

Indra Putra bin Mahayuddin PB^[2] (born 2 September 1981) is a Malaysian professional footballer. He is the all-time highest goalscorer of the Malaysia Super League. He is a versatile forward, who can operate as a 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 Premier One League title in 2002 and 2003. Then, in 2004, Indra Putra Mahayuddin moved to Pahang in a high-profile transfer. There, Indra helped Pahang to win the inaugural edition of the rebranded Malaysian Super League in his first season.

Indra Putra Mahayuddin was described as the best Malaysian football player in his generation by former Perak coach Steve Darby. He was the 2004 Malaysian Super League season top goalscorer with 15 goals from 19 league appearances. He remains, until this day, the last Malaysian 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 Kelantan and was partnered upfront by his former Perak teammate in Khalid Jamlus.^[7] On 18 April 2009, he was the villain among the Negeri Sembilan supporters after stamping on Negeri's defender, Rahman Zabul. Amazingly, he escaped the red card. He was part of the Kelantan team that play in that year Malaysia FA Cup final against Selangor where Kelantan lost 3–1 on penalties his spot kick hit the bar which cost Kelantan the match. Kelantan suffered another setback when lost the 2009 Malaysia Cup final against Negeri Sembilan. Indra scored a consolation goal from the free kick. However, Indra was chosen as the most valuable player for the 2009 season. He was part of Kelantan's 2010 Malaysia Cup 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 2012 Malaysia Cup final at the Shah Alam Stadium, he scored an extra-time winner and clinched a dramatic 3–2 victory over 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 Kuala Lumpur after being released by Kelantan.^[10] He scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Pahang FA. He then scored his second goal against his former club, Kelantan FA, in a 4–2 defeat. On 27 April 2019 he scored 100 goal in Malaysian Super League against 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 Malaysia U-23 for the 2001 Sea Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[11]^[12] After that, he joined national team in the FA Premier League Asia Cup 2003 and also in the 2002 Tiger Cup in Thailand, helping Malaysia national football team 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 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
Club	Season	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
Selangor	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
T-Team	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
Perak	Total	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Kelantan United	2023	24	4	1	0	2	1	3^[i]	1	30	6
Kelantan United	Total	24	4	1	0	2	1	3	1	30	6
Career total		418	129	77	33	163	54	35	9	693	225

International

As of match played 22 October 2020^[1]^[20]

Year	Apps	Goals
Malaysia
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