Dollah Salleh

Dollah Salleh
Personal information
Full name Dollah Bin Salleh
Date of birth (1963-10-10) 10 October 1963
Place of birth Malacca, Malaysia
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Kuala Lumpur City (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Johor 25 (12)
1987–1990 Selangor 180 (39)
1991–1996 Pahang 125 (76)
1997 Malacca 19 (9)
1998 Negeri Sembilan 12 (7)
Total 257 (143)
International career
1984–1996 Malaysia 81[1] (33)
1996 Malaysia Futsal
Managerial career
2003–2004 MPPJ Selangor
2005–2008 Selangor
2009 Shahzan Muda
2010–2013 Pahang
2014 PDRM
2014–2015 Malaysia
2016 Perlis
2017–2020 Pahang
2021–2025 Sri Pahang (team manager)
2022 Sri Pahang (interim)
2026 AMD U17 (technical assistant)
2026– Kuala Lumpur City
Medal record
Men's football
Malaysia
Representing  Malaysia (as player)
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place1989Team
Representing  Malaysia (as manager)
AFF Championship
Runner-up2014
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian football coach and former player. He is well-known to MSL fans as Pablo Dollah.[2] He is one of Malaysia's most decorated players. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia Super League club Kuala Lumpur City.

Playing career

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.

Career statistics

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
120 March 1985Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea1–0World Cup Qualifier
231 March 1985Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Nepal5–0World Cup Qualifier
330 July 1985Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ghana1–01985 Merdeka Tournament
413 October 1985Singapore Brunei4–01985 Merlion Cup
58 December 1985Bangkok, Thailand Thailand1–11985 SEA Games
610 December 1985Bangkok, Thailand Philippines6–01985 SEA Games
727 July 1986Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thailand2–01986 Merdeka Tournament
81 August 1986Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan2–11986 Merdeka Tournament
923 August 1986Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Algeria2–2Friendly Match
1016 September 1987Jakarta, Indonesia Thailand2–01987 SEA Games
117 April 1988Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pakistan4–01988 Asian Cup Qualifiers
1223 May 1989Seoul, South Korea   Nepal2–01990 World Cup Qualifiers
1325 May 1989Seoul, South Korea Singapore1–01990 World Cup Qualifiers
143 June 1989Singapore Singapore2–21990 World Cup Qualifiers
157 June 1989Singapore   Nepal3–01990 World Cup Qualifiers
16
1731 August 1989Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore3–11989 Sea Games
185 February 1993Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore2–11993 Merdeka Tournament
197 February 1993Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thailand1–11993 Merdeka Tournament
2014 February 1993Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea3–11993 Merdeka Tournament
219 June 1993Singapore Brunei3–11993 SEA Games
2211 June 1993Singapore Laos9–01993 SEA Games
23
24
25
26
271 October 1994Hiroshima, Japan Hong Kong4–31994 Asian Games
287 October 1994Omamichi, Japan Saudi Arabia1–21994 Asian Games
2910 December 1995Lamphun, Thailand Cambodia9–01993 SEA Games
30
31
326 March 1996Shah Alam, Malaysia India5–21996 Asian Qualifiers
33

Managerial career

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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 29 August 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
MPPJ Selangor Malaysia 1 July 2003 31 December 2004 55301114054.55
Selangor 1 January 2005 31 December 2008 171883548051.46
Shahzan Muda 1 January 2009 31 December 2009 267613026.92
Pahang 1 January 2010 31 December 2013 143622853043.36
PDRM 1 January 2014 27 June 2014 261853069.23
Malaysia 28 June 2014 5 September 2015 184410022.22
Perlis 1 January 2016 31 December 2016 241149045.83
Pahang 1 January 2017 31 December 2020 124643030051.61
Sri Pahang (interim) 21 July 2022 31 December 2022 14626042.86
Kuala Lumpur City 1 July 2026 Present 2101050.00
Career Total 603291125187048.26

Honours

Club

Johor
Selangor
Pahang

International

Malaysia

As a head coach

Malaysia
MPPJ
Selangor
Pahang
PDRM

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Dollah Salleh - International Appearances. RSSSF
  2. ↑ "Longlai lawan kelab M3, nama Pablo Dollah jadi sebutan" (in Malay). Majoriti. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Eric Samuel (5 November 2013). "Patience pays off for Pahang coach Dollah". The Star. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Team Malaysia". FIFA. 1996. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Top five all-time top scorers for Malaysian football team". Khelnow. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Malaysia - Record International Players - RSSSF
  7. ↑ "Statistik: Kenali 5 Ketua Jurulatih Paling Berjaya Di Liga-M Sejak 1994" (in Malay). Axello.net. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Nik Afiq (30 June 2014). "Dollah Salleh appointed the new head coach of Harimau Malaya". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Darren Goon (9 May 2015). "Is Dollah Salleh the worst Malaysia head coach over the past decade?". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Suryati Mohd Nor; T Avineshwaran (4 September 2015). "Dollah Salleh: I quit". The Star. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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