Mokhtar, a star of Asian football in the 70s and 80s before retiring due to a neurological disease, was listed as the third-highest goal scorer in the world football body’s Twitter post yesterday.

Better known as ‘Supermokh’, he scored 89 goals in 131 appearances for Harimau Malaya.

The record is only surpassed by ex-Iranian striker Ali Daei and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who share the record as joint-top scorers with 109 goals each.

Mokhtar scored more than Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas, who netted 84 times in 85 appearances and Brazilian star Pele who blasted in 77 goals.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi cracked the top 10 after scoring twice to help Argentina beat Bolivia 4-1 in the ongoing Copa America.

He is currently tied in ninth with 75 goals alongside Hungarian Sandor Kocsis, Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) and Bashar Abdullah (Kuwait).

Mokhtar, the most feared striker in the history of the national team, helped Malaysia win the Pestabola Merdeka tournament four times, the SEA Games twice, and was part of the team that came in third at the 1974 Asian Cup.

In domestic competition, the Setapak-born player won the Malaysia Cup 10 times from 1972 to 1986, as well as the league championship in 1984.

He died at the age of 37 on July 11, 1991 due to muscular dystrophy at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre.

List of Fifa’s top scorers:

109: Ali Daei (Iran), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

89: Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia)

84: Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)

79: Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia)

78: Hussein Saeed (Iran)

77: Pele (Brazil)

76: Ali Mabkhout (UAE)

75: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary), Kunishige Kamamoto (Jepun), Bashar Abdullah (Kuwait), Lionel Messi (Argentina)