Majid Ariff (2 June 1937 – 4 February 2018) was a

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striker and

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. Majid, widely believed to be the finest footballer Singapore has produced and the only one to have played for the AFC Asian All Stars team in 1966, died of pneumonia, aged 80, on 4 February 2018. Majid's most prominent protege is

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. They were the only Singaporeans among 116 top Asian players to be nominated for Asia's Footballer of the Century award in 1998.

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1937 births 2018 deaths Singaporean men's footballers Deaths from pneumonia in Singapore Men's association football forwards Singapore men's international footballers {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub