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Ivan Yusoff

Malaysian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ10453313
Source-derived summary

Mohd Ivan Bin Mohd Yusoff (born 13 May 1982) is a former Malaysian international footballer. He played as a midfielder for the Malaysia national team, Kuala Lumpur, Perlis, Sabah and Shahzan Muda.

Club career

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ivan started his career with his hometown side Kuala Lumpur in 2003. In 2005, Ivan left Kuala Lumpur for Perlis side and helped his team to win their first Malaysia Super League title in 2005. He returned to Kuala Lumpur in 2006 and played for two seasons, before switching to PKNS FC in 2009.

He played with Malaysia FAM Cup outfit Shahzan Muda FC for the 2011 season.

International career

Ivan made his international debut during a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) match against Hong Kong on 13 October 2008. He also represented Malaysia in the 2004 Tiger Cup mostly appearing as a substitute.

His first international goals came in the match against Cambodia as Malaysia thrashed Cambodia 6–0. He was also included in the squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and played only one match, against Uzbekistan.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ivan Yusoff” as malaysian footballer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 2003, 2005, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-05-13. The account is most persuasive where Ivan, Yusoff and Malaysian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as malaysian footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10453313. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982, 2003, 2005 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from Ivan Yusoff” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.