Mohd Amri bin Yahyah also known as Amri Yahyah (born 21 January 1981) is a Malaysian professional

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who currently plays for

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club PT Athletic. He has also represented the Malaysian national team. Amri plays mainly as a

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, but also as an

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. Amri spent most of his successful career at

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

where he made 427 appearances, scoring 138 goals.Amri Yahyah
- HarimauMYstats Twitter, 16 December 2023. He had another successful career with

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from 2014 until 2016 making 103 appearances scoring 22 goals. On 16 December 2023, Amri announced his retirement via

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final match against

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was to be his last as a professional footballer. Amri has played more than 600 matches in his career, scoring 188 goals for club and country. However he came out of retirement in May 2024 to play for Malaysia second division club PT Athletic.

Club career

Selangor

Born in

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, Amri signed a contract with Selangor F.C. in 2001 and helped the outfit to the treble (

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and

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) in 2005. Amri became a cult hero when he scored a golden goal against

in the 2002

Final. He was made the

team captain in the

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campaign. Amri is a versatile player, having played in a number of different positions including as a defender, winger, defensive and attacking

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, and striker.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Amri completed his transfer to

for 2014 season of

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, with a monthly salary reported to be around RM 85,000. Johor Darul Ta'zim became the Malaysian Super League champions, narrowly overtaking Amri's former club

by a mere 3 points on the last day of the league. Even after his transfer, Amri remained popular with the

fans until his ultimate faux pas - celebrating a goal against

by dancing in full view of its supporters. It was rumoured that he did this to spite the

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went on to win the game 4–1. He later apologised, which

fans spurned, as he was booed upon his return to Shah Alam Stadium to face

. Some furious supporters even tossed bottles at him when he came over to the

section to applaud them. Amri reportedly shed tears after that insult. However, he remains hugely popular with Malaysian fans in general.

Melaka United

On 16 December 2016, Amri signed a one-year contract with newly promoted club

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for an undisclosed fee after his contract with

expired. On 21 February 2017, Amri made his debut for Melaka United in a 2–0 win over

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playing for 90 minutes. On 14 February 2017, Amri scored a winning goal for his side in

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campaign over PKNS.

Return to Selangor

In May 2017, Melaka United announced that Amri Yahyah was returning to his former club

in the mid-season transfer window. Amri made his league debut in 0–2 defeat against

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on 24 May 2017. Amri scored his league goal on 22 July 2017 in a 1–0 win over

. His second league goal came from 2–1 win over

on 5 August 2017. Amri Yahyah departed

at the end of the 2019 season.

Sarawak United

At the end of January 2020, Amri joined the Sarawak United for the start of Malaysia League 2020 season.

Sabah

During the 2021 transfer window, Amri, now 40, signed for

on 18 February 2021. It makes the twentieth seasons for Amri in the domestic competition. On 25 April 2022, during the

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match against

Amri set a league record by scoring a hattrick. Now aged 41, the former international started the game after injury to striker-in-chief

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and he repaid the faith with a hattrick in the second half. Amri rifled home the first in the 51st minute and added his second with an expertly taken shot from a tight angle 10 minutes later. The veteran striker completed his hattrick with another breathtaking effort by chipping the ball beyond the reach of opposition goalkeeper

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in the 72nd minute. Coach

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, said to reporters that Amri's hat-trick at the age of 41 will be difficult to emulate.

PT Athletic

On 2 May 2024, Amri came out from retirement by joining PT Athletic who compete in the

in the 2024– 25 season. The participation of the 43-year-old was revealed during the club jersey launch ceremony.

International career

The right-footed player represented

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in the

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, the

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Hyderabad, India in October 2003, and also in the

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helping Malaysia to finish third. His first debut in senior national team was on 8 September 2004 in an action of match in

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against

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, where Malaysia lost 1–0. In November 2010, Amri was called up to the Malaysian national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the

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. Amri scored twice against

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to secure a 5–1 win. Malaysia went on to win the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time. During the

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, Amri scored a brace to secure to his a 3–2 win over

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on 20 November 2016.

Others

His following grew significantly after scoring a brace for Malaysia Selection in a pre-season

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on 18 July 2009, against English champions

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. The latter ran out 3–2 winners. In July 2011, Amri was called up to represent Malaysia Selection against Chelsea. On 10 August 2013, Amri once again lived up to his reputation of scoring against top foreign clubs by scoring the only Malaysian goal in a 3–1 loss to

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during their 2013 Asia Tour.

Career statistics

Club

MOHD AMRI YAHYAH
- Malaysian Football League.

International

:''Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mohd Amri goal.''

Honours

Selangor FA *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: 2001, 2005,

: 2002, 2005 *

Piala Sumbangsih The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

: 2002, 2009, 2010 *

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. The season usually ra ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Johor Darul Takzim * Malaysia Super League:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Malaysia FA Cup:

* Piala Sumbangsih:

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Malaysia U-23 *

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Bronze:

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Malaysia *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

third place *

winner *

runner up Individual *

Best XI:

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, best midfielder: 2009 * FAM Football Awards, best striker: 2015 Records * The oldest player to score a hattrick in Malaysia football leagues (aged 41)

References

{{s-end 1981 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian people of Javanese descent Malaysia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Selangor Selangor F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Malaysia Super League players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Melaka United F.C. players Sarawak United FC players Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players