Syamer Kutty Abba


Syamer Kutty Abba is a Malaysian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Johor Darul Takzim. He mainly plays as a box-to-box. He was known for his strength, stamina, ball control and killer pass. He is one of the Malaysian golden generation in this era along Safawi Rasid and Nor Azam Azih
He was born at Kampung Dodol, George Town, Penang. He went to Penang Free School.

Club career

Harimau Muda C

Syamer began his senior career playing in FAM League, representing Harimau Muda C in the 2014 Malaysia FAM League.

Penang

Since Harimau Muda has disbanded by FAM which means all the player from Harimau Muda A, Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda C has to returned to their own state. Syamer are with Penang FA for the Penang U21, before being promoted to first team in year 2016 to play in the top division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 18 November 2017, Syamer signed a contract with Johor Darul Ta'zim.
In late January 2018, it was announced that Syamer was loaned out to Portuguese third division club Vilaverdense on 27 January for a year-long loan stint alongside Dominic Tan, a fellow player from Johor Darul Ta'zim. But it was confirmed in early May that his stay would be a lot shorter than planned. An article by FOX Sports Asia concluded that he would return to Johor in June 2018, only having been on loan for six months.

International career

Syamer represented Malaysia at youth levels, playing for the under-17, -19, -20 and -23 levels.
In October 2017, Syamer received his first call-up to the Malaysia national team for the centralised training as a preparation for 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers Group B match against Hong Kong on 10 October 2017.
Syamer made his debut for Malaysia against Hong Kong in a 2–0 defeat on the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.
On 4 November 2018, he was named in the Malaysian national team for the 2018 AFF Championship.

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Club

International

Honours

Club

;Johor Darul Ta'zim
Malaysia
Malaysia U-23