'Keep fighting,' roar football stars for ailing legend Namat Abdullah

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The player, who was capped 115 times for the country, is fighting cancer. FMTNews NamatAbdullah Footballer Cancer

PETALING JAYA: He was a warrior on the pitch but Namat Abdullah, one of Malaysia’s most successful footballers, cuts a gaunt figure these days.

The defender’s body appeared ravaged by intestinal cancer but his wife, Mahani Sulaiman, 71, said it was not bad as it looked. Former internationals who visited Namat said the Butterworth-born footballer was facing his condition courageously, just like he kept attackers at bay on the pitch.Namat in happier times with a framed photo of the 1972 Munich Olympics team The former Prisons officer in Sungai Petani is the older brother of illustrious striker Shaharuddin Abdullah.A Penang player from 1965–1975, he was capped 115 times for the country and last donned national colours at the Jakarta Anniversary Tournament in 1975.

 

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