Full name Nasir Jalil Years Team Date of birth 1955 Name Nasir Jalil | Role Footballer | |
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Date of death 8 June 2011(2011-06-08) (aged 55–56) Died June 8, 2011, Terengganu, Malaysia | ||
Place of death Terengganu, Malaysia |
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Nasir Jalil (1955 – 8 June 2011) was a footballer who represented Singapore at international level in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Nicknamed The Crazy Horse, he is remembered for scoring the late equaliser in the Malaysia Cup final in 1977 at the Merdeka Stadium when he won the first of his two Malaysia Cups. His second Malaysia Cup triumph came in 1980.
On 8 June 2011, Nasir died of brain cancer, first diagnosed in 2003, at the age of 56.
His brother Nasaruddin Jalil also represented Singapore at international level.
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