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Abang Nor Sillmy bin Abang Haji Taha
	Nor Sillmy in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Abang Nor Sillmy bin Abang Haji Taha
Date of birth	11 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Brunei
Position(s)	Defender, Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2005	Brunei
2002–2008	Wijaya
2009–2010	Jerudong
2011–2012	DPMM
2012–2013	Majra
2014	Najip
2015–2016	Kota Ranger
2022	Ar Rawda
International career‡
1994	Brunei U19
1999–2003	Brunei
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2017

Abang Nor Sillmy bin Abang Haji Taha (born 11 August 1978) is a Bruneian retired footballer.^[1] He was a member of the Brunei national representative team for the Malaysian league that won the 1999 Malaysia Cup.^[2] He is a versatile player who has played at various positions throughout his career.^[3]

Club career

Brunei

Initially a central defender, Norsillmy was a relative newcomer to the Brunei squad that was competing in the Malaysian M-League in 1999, coached by Englishman David Booth.^[4] Although they finished seventh in Premier One, they began a hot streak in the subsequent Malaysia Cup campaign which concluded with winning the silverware, Brunei's first in 20 years of participation.^[5] Norsillmy played in that final, a 2-1 victory over Sarawak hosted at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.^[6]

Due to the restriction of import players in the following season, then coach Mick Jones started to place Norsillmy in attack, complimenting the diminutive Riwandi Wahit in a little-and-large combination.^[7] Both of them only managed to score five goals each as the lack of foreign firepower condemned Brunei to the foot of the table and relegation to Premier Two.^[8]

Norsillmy stayed with the Wasps until the 2004 season, scoring 22 goals in the role of a striker.^[9]

Later career

Norsillmy played for Wijaya FC in the domestic B-League, winning the 2002 FA Cup and the 2003 championship.^[10] In fact, he scored the solitary winning goal against MS ABDB in the first FA Cup final.^[11] He left Wijaya for Jerudong FC in 2009,^[12] then accepted an invitation to train and possibly play for Brunei's professional club DPMM FC in late 2011, in view of the 2012 S.League.^[13] Despite putting pen to paper on a professional contract,^[14] he unfortunately failed the mandatory fitness test required by the S.League and failed to make his debut for the Gegar Gegar men.^[15]

Norsillmy joined ambitious Majra FC at the start of the 2012-13 Brunei Super League and finished third in the new league.^[16]^[17] He moved to Najip FC in the following season, one of several big names to join the club that did not gain a single point the season before.^[18] His brief but fruitful stay led Najip FC to third-place in the league as well as an FA Cup final appearance.^[19]^[20]

Norsillmy dropped a division in 2015, joining Kota Ranger FC in the Brunei Premier League, and finished in first place unbeaten.^[21] Promotion to the 2016 Brunei Super League ensued, and he scored five goals to finish second in the goalscoring charts, despite his club only managing a sixth-place finish.^[22]

International career

In May 1994, Norsillmy travelled to Kuala Lumpur with the Brunei under-19s for the 1994 AFC Youth Championship qualifying group matches and managed to score against Singapore.^[23]

Norsillmy made his international debut for the Brunei national team on 2 August 1999 against Cambodia in a 3-3 draw at the 20th SEA Games hosted by his home country.^[24] He gained 14 caps for the Wasps, his final tournament being the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification games against Maldives and Myanmar in March 2003.^[25]

Honours

Team

Brunei

Malaysia Cup: 1999

Wijaya FC

Kota Ranger

Brunei Premier League: 2015

Individual

Meritorius Service Medal (PJK) (1999)^[26]

Personal life

Nor Sillmy's brother, Nor Hillmy Taha is a football coach who is head coach for Deno FC.^[27] His nephew Abang Nur Hilman bin Abang Nor Hillmy is a goalkeeper who plays for Rimba Star FC.^[28]

Norsillmy works at the Survey Department at the Ministry of Development of Brunei.^[29]

References

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^ "DPMM FC show class in win". The Brunei Times. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "M-League - Norsillmy, Rosmini to bolster Brunei". Borneo Bulletin. 1 June 2001. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Pahang on course". New Straits Times. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 27 March 2017 – via Google News Archive Search.
^ "Malaysia 1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 7 January 2001. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Rosli Double Gives Brunei The Cup". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 March 2017 – via Google News Archive Search.
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^ "2000年　Ｍリーグ　DUNHILL PREMIRE [sic] 1". ASIAN FOOTBALL SHOW. Archived from the original on 30 August 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Malaysia 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Wijaya To Vie For Honours At Shell Helix B-League". Borneo Bulletin. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 3 January 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "WIJAYA F.C. juara Proton Piala F.A." Pelita Brunei. 2 November 2002. Archived from the original on 18 February 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ "JFC 1 - 1 MS ABDB". Jerudong FC. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Simunic makes rusty DPMM FC work hard". The Brunei Times. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Penandatanganan Kontrak Pemain DPMM FC dan para Penaja". Media Permata. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "8 DPMM FC players fail fitness test". The Brunei Times. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Winning hearts and titles FOOTBALL". The Brunei Times. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Brunei 2012/13". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Squad overhaul, the answer for Najip FC". The Brunei Times. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Brunei 2014". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Najip FC reach DST FA Cup final". Borneo Bulletin. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "DST PREMIER LEAGUE 2015 STANDINGS". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "DST PREMIER LEAGUE 2016 STANDINGS". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Cubs show the way". The New Paper. 31 May 1994. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "South East Asian Games 1999 Details (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 April 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Brunei Darussalam 0 : 5 Myanmar". Data Sports Group. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "National Heroes receive Meritorious Service Medals" (PDF). Brunei Darussalam Newsletter. 1 December 1999. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ "Deno FC new name for NJP FT". Borneo Bulletin. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ "NATIONAL YOUTH UNDER-18". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Survey Dept wins Ministry of Development football tournament". Borneo Bulletin. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.