Nadarajah Thanabalan - International Appearances


The outstanding Malaysian player scored 20 international goals in 46 caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 1943
Country: Malaysia
Caps:	46	(W13-D11-L22 – GF61-GA84 – %40.22)
Goals:	20	(% 0.43 per match)
First Cap: 22- 8-1964 vs. Thailand 3-0
Last Cap:  10-12-1969 vs. Thailand 0-3
National Team Career: 5 yr 110 d


Cap  Goals    Date      Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	    22- 8-64	Kuala Lumpur	Thailand	3-0	Merdeka Tournament
 2	    24- 8-64	Kuala Lumpur	India   	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
 3	    28- 8-64	Kuala Lumpur	Burma   	0-3	Merdeka Tournament
 4   1	 1   2- 9-64	Kuala Lumpur	Taiwan  	5-2	Merdeka Tournament
 5	 1   6- 9-64	Ipoh    	Thailand	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
 6	 1  28- 3-65	Kuala Lumpur	Japan   	1-1	
 7	 1  14- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	Japan   	2-2	Merdeka Tournament
 8	 1  17- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea	0-2	Merdeka Tournament
 9   3	 4  19- 8-65	Ipoh    	South Vietnam 	3-3	Merdeka Tournament
10	 4  21- 8-65	Ipoh    	India   	0-3	Merdeka Tournament
11	 4  23- 8-65	Kuala Lumpur	Hongkong	1-3	Merdeka Tournament
12	 4  13-11-65	Saigon  	Thailand	2-1	South Vietnam  Cup
13	 4  16-11-65	Saigon  	South Vietnam 	2-2	South Vietnam  Cup
14	 4   7-12-65	Ipoh    	Australia	0-1	
15	 4   8-12-65	Ipoh    	Australia	0-3	
16	 4  18-12-65	Kuala Lumpur	Burma   	0-2	SEAP Games
17	 4  20-12-65	Kuala Lumpur	South Vietnam 	0-2	SEAP Games
18	 4  10-12-66	Bangkok 	Iran    	0-2	Asian Games
19   1	 5  12-12-66	Bangkok 	India   	1-2	Asian Games
20	 5  14-12-66	Bangkok 	Japan   	0-1	Asian Games
21	 5  24- 3-67	Hongkong	Singapore	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
22   1	 6  26- 3-67	Hongkong	Hongkong	1-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
23	 6  29- 3-67	Hongkong	South Vietnam 	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
24   2	 8  13- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	Hongkong	3-0	Merdeka Tournament
25	 8  15- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	South Vietnam 	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
26	 8  19- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	India   	0-0	Merdeka Tournament
27   1	 9  20- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	Thailand	1-0	Merdeka Tournament
28   1	10  23- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea	1-3	Merdeka Tournament
29	10  25- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	South Vietnam 	1-2 	Merdeka Tournament
30   1	11  16-11-67	Kuala Lumpur	New Zealand	2-8	
31	11  26-11-67	Kuala Lumpur	Australia	0-4	
32	11  10-12-67	Bangkok 	Thailand	0-4	SEAP Games
33	11  11-12-67	Bangkok 	Burma   	1-2	SEAP Games
34	11   9- 8-68	Kuala Lumpur	Hongkong	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
35   1	12  11- 8-67	Kuala Lumpur	India   	2-1	Merdeka Tournament
36   2	14  14- 8-68	Ipoh    	South Vietnam 	4-0	Merdeka Tournament
37   1	15  17- 8-68	Kuala Lumpur	Thailand	4-1	Merdeka Tournament
38   1	16  18- 8-68	Kuala Lumpur	Burma   	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
39   1	17  25- 8-68	Kuala Lumpur	Burma   	3-0	Merdeka Tournament
40	17  21-11-68	Bangkok 	Indonesia	0-1	King's Cup
41   2	19  24-11-68	Bangkok 	Laos    	5-0	King's Cup
42	19  26-11-68	Bangkok 	Thailand	0-3	King's Cup
43	19  28-11-68	Bangkok 	Indonesia	1-6	King's Cup
44   1	20   7-12-69	Rangoon 	Laos    	2-1	SEAP Games
45	20   8-12-69	Rangoon 	South Vietnam 	2-1	SEAP Games
46	20  10-12-69	Rangoon 	Thailand	0-3	SEAP Game


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
     46   13   11   22   61-  84      37      40.22


Type of                     Matches and Goals 

Merdeka Tournament		22	14
SEAP Games			 7	 1
Friendlies			 5	 1
King's Cup			 4	 2
Asian Cup Qualifier		 3	 1
Asian Games			 3	 1
South Vietnam  Cup  		 2	 0

Total:                          46      20


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