From The Archives: Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysia's eternal football icon

Late Malaysian football icon Mokhtar Dahari was recently recognised by world football governing body FIFA as the third-highest goal scorer in international football. StarLifestyle paid tribute to the legend in this 2015 story. – Photo: THE STAR/Zubir Hj. Yahya

This story originally appeared in StarLifestyle (then known as StarTwo) on 4 September 2015, and has been edited for brevity and clarity.

It was a move not too dissimilar from when Diego Maradona took on half the English team in the quarter-final game at the Mexico 86 World Cup, only to score one of the most memorable goals in football history. And like the diminutive Argentine giant, the late great Datuk Mokhtar Dahari also donned the legendary No 10 jersey, the emblem of a star player.