Borhan Abu Samah was a Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

an footballer

Football (soccer)

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 in the 1990s, who played in the Singapore national football team

Singapore national football team

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. He died on October 29, 1999 of liver cancer

Hepatocellular carcinoma

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 at the age of 34.

He was a left-back

Defender (football)

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 best known for his hard-tackling and "bulldog" style of play, earning himself the nickname of the "Russian Tank". He was part of the squad which won the Malaysian League and Malaysia Cup

Malaysia Cup

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 double in the 1994 FAM League season, after which Singapore pulled out to form their own S.League

S.League

The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...

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