Footballer nowadays are paid with a hefty sums of money. Most of them live in a luxury, drive sports cars, get a lot of publicity even out of the field. The standard now is for footballers to be showered with bonuses and monthly salaries. Back then when Mokhtar was picked for the Selangor senior team, Mokhtar Dahari and his teammates were part time footballers. Living in a normal life, Mokhtar was simply a bank clerk who had to answer to his superiors and deal with difficult customers like everyone else. Mokhtar and his teammates would receive small sums of money in the form of training and match allowances, as well win bonuses, but nothing in a way of long-term profitable contracts that are so common in modern-day football. He lived a modest life, commuting from his office to the training ground every evening with a motorcycle.
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| Mokhtar Dahari (middle), liifting the trophy in his home state team's jersey, Selangor |
It was stolen once, he was so distressed that he rather thoughtlessly quit football. Luckily, the involvement of a motorcycle manufacturing company, which provided him with a new motorcycle, reversed the young star's decision and he soon turned up for training again on his shiny new motorcycle. In return of the generous act of the company, in 1972 he would end up scoring 9 goals in the prestigious Malaysia Cup for his home state team (Selangor), and 10 goals for the national team, a remarkable achievement for such a part time footballer.
References
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