Dollah Salleh

Dollah was one of Malaysia's top footballers in the 1980s and 90s. With striking partner Zainal Abidin Hassan, the two were regarded as the twin strikers by fans. Dollah first played in Malaysian football in 1982. At that time he represented Johor, which was one of the teams in the semi-pro era. When Dollah joined Selangor in 1987, a new twin striker was born after the era of Hassan Sani and James Wong. He and Zainal became a fierce striking duo for both Selangor and the Malaysia national team. In 1991, he left Selangor to join Pahang with Zainal and Singapore football star Fandi Ahmad where they created a 'dream team', winning both the league and Malaysia Cup in 1992.^[3]

With the national team, Dollah won the gold medal at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games. He also helped the national team to won the 1993 Merdeka Tournament by beating South Korea 3–1. Dollah also played in the first edition of ASEAN Football Championship, where the national team reached the final of the competition but lost 0–1 to Thailand. He also played for the Malaysia national futsal team, and was on the squad that took part in the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Spain.^[4][5] Dollah retired as a player after the 1998 season ended, last playing for Negeri Sembilan. Overall, Dollah had total 81 caps with 33 international goals for Malaysia.^[6] He has also been an influence on players such as Safee Sali and LJ Green.

Dollah started his coaching career with Selangor MPPJ in 2003.^[7] The same year he guided the team to become the first-ever club to win the Malaysia Cup by beating Sabah 3–0. He later guided Selangor MPPJ to win the Malaysia Charity Shield and Malaysia Premier League in 2004. In 2005, Selangor signed a long deal with him. That year, Selangor won three trophies: the Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia FA Cup, and Malaysia Cup. However, in the 2005–06 season, Selangor failed to keep their momentum as they failed to win any trophy. Even though Selangor failed to win any trophy, Selangor kept Dollah in charge for the 2006–07 season. The 2007–08 season saw the revival of Selangor as they went through to the final of the Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup. However, they were beaten by Kedah with the same score line in the two finals. This failure saw Dollah let go by the management.

In the 2009 season, Dollah reunited with his old partner Zainal. This time they played the role of manager and coach for Kuantan Port-Shahzan Muda. In the middle of the 2009 season, he went on to coach Pahang, replacing Tajuddin Noor.^[3] After successfully helping Pahang lift its first Malaysia Cup in 21 years, Dollah signed on to coach PDRM for the 2014 season in the Malaysian second-tier league. In his only season with PDRM, he guided them to the 2014 Malaysia Premier League title and a promotion to the Super League.

Dollah was appointed as the new head coach of Malaysia national team in June 2014, signing a 2-year contract.^[8] He led Malaysia to second place in the 2014 AFF Championship. However, he received much criticism as he was responsible for twin 0–6 defeats at the hands of Palestine and Oman, and the team's failure to get three points against Timor Leste, Bangladesh and Hong Kong, and losing to Tajikistan and Syria that were once at the same standard as Malaysia earlier in 2014. On 3 September 2015, he had similar fate as Otto Rehhagel (12–0 loss), Aji Santoso (10–0 loss) and Luiz Felipe Scolari (1–7 loss) when his straw the largest record defeat of the national team, a 0–10 loss at the hands of the United Arab Emirates. This subsequently led him to resign as the head coach.^[9][10]

Scores and results list Malaysia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dollah Salleh goal.^[1]

List of international goals scored by him

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 March 1985	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea		1–0	World Cup Qualifier
2	31 March 1985	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Nepal		5–0	World Cup Qualifier
3	30 July 1985	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ghana		1–0	1985 Merdeka Tournament
4	13 October 1985	Singapore	Brunei		4–0	1985 Merlion Cup
5	8 December 1985	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand		1–1	1985 SEA Games
6	10 December 1985	Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines		6–0	1985 SEA Games
7	27 July 1986	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand		2–0	1986 Merdeka Tournament
8	1 August 1986	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan		2–1	1986 Merdeka Tournament
9	23 August 1986	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Algeria		2–2	Friendly Match
10	16 September 1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	Thailand		2–0	1987 SEA Games
11	7 April 1988	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Pakistan		4–0	1988 Asian Cup Qualifiers
12	23 May 1989	Seoul, South Korea	Nepal		2–0	1990 World Cup Qualifiers
13	25 May 1989	Seoul, South Korea	Singapore		1–0	1990 World Cup Qualifiers
14	3 June 1989	Singapore	Singapore		2–2	1990 World Cup Qualifiers
15	7 June 1989	Singapore	Nepal		3–0	1990 World Cup Qualifiers
16
17	31 August 1989	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore		3–1	1989 Sea Games
18	5 February 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore		2–1	1993 Merdeka Tournament
19	7 February 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand		1–1	1993 Merdeka Tournament
20	14 February 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea		3–1	1993 Merdeka Tournament
21	9 June 1993	Singapore	Brunei		3–1	1993 SEA Games
22	11 June 1993	Singapore	Laos		9–0	1993 SEA Games
23
24
25
26
27	1 October 1994	Hiroshima, Japan	Hong Kong		4–3	1994 Asian Games
28	7 October 1994	Omamichi, Japan	Saudi Arabia		1–2	1994 Asian Games
29	10 December 1995	Lamphun, Thailand	Cambodia		9–0	1993 SEA Games
30
31
32	6 March 1996	Shah Alam, Malaysia	India		5–2	1996 Asian Qualifiers
33