Saleh Dollah

Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian football coach and former player. He is well-known to MSL fans as Pablo Dollah. 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.

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. 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. 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.

Managerial career Dollah started his coaching career with Selangor MPPJ in 2003. 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. 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.

Managerial statistics

Honours As a player Club Johor Malaysia Cup: 1985 Malaysia Charity Shield: 1986

Selangor M-League: 1989, 1990 Malaysia Charity Shield: 1987, 1990

Pahang Malaysia Premier League I: 1992, 1995 Malaysia Cup: 1992 Malaysia Charity Shield: 1992, 1993

International Malaysia Pestabola Merdeka: 1986,1993 SEA Games: gold 1989 ; Silver 1987 ; bronze 1985 Tiger Cup: 1996 runner-up

As a head coach Malaysia AFF Championship runners-up: 2014

MPPJ Malaysia Cup: 2003 Malaysia Premier League: 2004 Malaysia Charity Shield: 2004

Selangor Malaysia Premier League: 2005 Malaysia FA Cup: 2005 Malaysia Cup: 2005

Pahang Malaysia Premier League runners-up: 2012 Malaysia Cup: 2013 Malaysia FA Cup: 2018

PDRM Malaysia Premier League: 2014

Individual

FAM Football Awards – Best Coach: 2013, 2019