Indra Putra bin Mahayuddin (born 2 September 1981) is a Malaysian professional

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who currently captains the

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club PT Athletic. He is the all-time highest goalscorer of the

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. Indra Putra is a versatile forward, who can operate as a winger.

Club career

Perak

Indra Putra has played for the

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

youth team when he was a teenager. He then was promoted to the senior team in 1999 under the late German coach Karl-Heinz Weigang. He made his senior debut in the 1999 Malaysia Cup qualifying round. He scored his first goal in a 2–1 home win against

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in the 1999 Malaysia Cup. 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.

Pahang

In 2004, Indra Putra moved to

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in a high-profile transfer. There, Indra helped Pahang to win the inaugural edition of the rebranded

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in his first season. Indra Putra was described as the best Malaysian football player in his generation by former Perak coach

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. 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.

Selangor

Indra Putra joined

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for the 2008 season, after his contract with Pahang expired.

Kelantan

During 2009 season, Indra Putra joined

Kelantan Kelantan (; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate''; ) is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' ("The Blissful Abode"). ...

and was partnered upfront by his former Perak teammate in Khalid Jamlus. 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

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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 Putra returned to Kelantan for the 2012 season. During the

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final at the

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, 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

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, completing the treble.

Felda United

Indra Putra joined

Felda United Felda United Football Club was a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang, owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA).

, who were just relegated to the Premier League, at the end of the 2013. He helped the club finish runners-up in the

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, and the club was promoted straight back to the Malaysia Super League after only being in the second division for one season.

Third stint with Kelantan

On 30 December 2015, Indra Putra was officially announced as Kelantan new signing during a friendly match with PKNP by Kelantan FA President,

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. He was released at the end of his contract.

Kuala Lumpur City

On 3 December 2017, Indra Putra signed a contract with newly promoted side Kuala Lumpur City after being released by Kelantan. He scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against

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. He then scored his second goal against his former club, Kelantan 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

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Perak

In January 2022, Indra Putra returned to Perak after nearly 19 years away from the club.

Kelantan United

On 3 January 2023, Indra Putra joined

club Kelantan United where he was named as the club captain for the 2023 season.

PT Athletic

In April 2024, Indra Putra signed for

club PT Athletic where he was named as the club captain.

International career

Indra Putra has played for the Malaysia at youth level and senior level. He represented Malaysia U-23 for the 2001

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, Malaysia.

Senior

In 2002, Indra was call up for an international friendly match against five times

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winners

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. He was selected as one of the first eleven to play against Brazilian stars such as

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and

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. After that, he joined national team in the FA Premier League Asia Cup 2003 and also in the

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in Thailand, helping Malaysia national team to a 4th-place finish. Indra also been called up by Malaysia coach

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for the

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in July, co-hosting by 4 countries

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and

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. In the competition, Indra Putra is the only Malaysian player to score a goal, against

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, as Malaysia crashed out in the group stages having lost all group games. Indra 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

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. He entered the match as a substitute, which ended in a 2–0 loss to Malaysia. At the

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, he score Malaysia's third goal in a 3–1 win against host

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. The goal became a viral meme after the Malaysia-Singapore match. 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.AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 Final Leg 2: Malaysia 3-2 Thailand (Thailand Win 4-3 on aggregate)
- Football Association of Malaysia, 20 December 2014. Malaysia won 3–2 but lose 4–3 on aggregate.

Others

Indra Putra also represented the Malaysia Selection against

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clubs. He played against Manchester United twice in 2001 and 2009, and Chelsea at

on 29 July 2008.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Templatonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Indra Putra goal.''

Honours

Club

Perak *

Liga Perdana 1 Liga Perdana 1 or Liga Perdana Satu () was the nation's top-tier professional football league in Malaysia that operated from 1998 to 2003. The league was formed and established in 1998 to succeed the Liga Perdana (1994–97) after FAM decision ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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 ...

Pahang *

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 ...

: 2006 Kelantan * Malaysia Super League:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

* Malaysia FA Cup:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

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 ...

Kuala Lumpur City *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

International

;Malaysia U-23 *

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: silver

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

; bronze

;Malaysia *

Pestabola Merdeka Merdeka Tournament () is an international friendly football tournament held in Malaysia to commemorate the Independence Day. It is mainly played at Independence Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur. "Merdeka" is the Malay word for independence. As of 202 ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

runner up *

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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 ...

runner up

Individual

* Malaysia Super League Golden Boot :

(15 goals) *

Top Scorer: 2006 *

FAM Football Awards The Football Association of Malaysia National Football Awards are presented to the best football local and foreign players and coaches. They have been awarded since the 2005–06 Malaysia Super League season. Sponsorship Since the establishment o ...

– Best Striker Award: 2009 –

Kelantan FA Kelantan Football Club () was a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Founded in 1946, the club had a long-standing rivalry with Terengganu. The two east coast clubs were involved in the East Coast Derby. Their ...

– Most Valuable Players : 2009 –

Records

* The first player to reach 100 goals in

* All-time highest goalscorer in

(106 goals)

References

External links

Indra Putra Mahayuddin
at SoccerPunter.com * * * {{Malaysian Super League top scorers 1981 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Malaysia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Ipoh Kelantan F.C. players Selangor F.C. players Perak F.C. players Sri Pahang FC players Terengganu F.C. II players Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players FELDA United F.C. players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football wingers Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Malaysian people of Malay descent SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia