Dato' Namat Abdullah (30 March 1946 â 17 December 2020) was a Malaysian footballer. He was a part of the Malaysian squad at the 1972 Summer Olympics. On 17 September 2014, FourFourTwo he was listed among the top 25 Malaysian footballers of all time.
He was born in Butterworth, Penang. Namat played as a striker when he helped Penang won the Burnley Cup in 1965 before playing as a right-back. Namat featured for the Malaysian national team in the 1972 Munich Olympics football competition, playing all three group games. He also played for Malaysia in the 1974 World Cup qualifying matches. For a period, Namat was captain of Penang FA. He led Penang to a 2âÂÂ1 victory in 1974 Malaysia Cup final against Perak.
On 11 May 1975, Namat was also part of the Malaysia Selection that played against Arsenal FC in a friendly match which his team won by 2âÂÂ0 at Merdeka Stadium.
During his international career, Namat went on to play a total of 115 matches for Malaysia (including non-FIFA 'A' international matches). Against other nations' national 'A' teams, he had total of 95 caps.
For his contribution to Malay football community in Penang state as a community coaches, he was awarded Maal Hijrah Sports Figure by Penang Malay Association in 2003.
Shahruddin Abdullah, his brother also played for Penang and together with his uncle, Aziz Ahmad.
He died at his son-in-law's residence in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia at 74 after a long battle with intestinal cancer at 5.30 pm on 17 December 2020. His body was brought to his residence in Taman Peruda, Sungai Petani the same day and his funeral was held at 9 pm the following day on 18 December 2020.
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