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As of match played 17 May 2016 .
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As of match played 15 November 2011 .
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As of match played 15 November 2011 . England score listed first , score column indicates score after each Bent goal .
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= = Honours = =
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Individual
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Charlton Athletic Player of the Year : 2005 – 06
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Sunderland Player of the Year : 2009 – 10
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= Johor Bahru =
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Johor Bahru ( Malaysian pronunciation : [ ˈjohorˈbahru ] , formerly known as Tanjung Puteri or Iskandar Puteri in the Malay language , is the capital of the state of Johor , Malaysia . As of the 2010 Malaysian census , Johor Bahru has a population of 497 @,@ 067 and it is the country 's second largest city and the sou... |
Johor Bahru was founded in 1855 as Iskandar Puteri when the Sultanate of Johor came under the influence of Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim . It was administered from Telok Blangah in Singapore . The area gradually developed into an agricultural centre when the Chinese and the Javanese migrated into the area . The area was re... |
Johor Bahru is the economic centre for the state of Johor . The economy of Johor Bahru is also influenced by Singapore because of large number of Singaporean people visiting here . There is also a large number of city 's residents working in Singapore . The Johor Port , which is located in the Johor Bahru metropolitan... |
= = Etymology = =
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The present area of Johor Bahru was originally known as Tanjung Puteri , and was a fishing village of the Malays located near Singapore . Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim then renamed Tanjung Puteri to Iskandar Puteri once he arrived in the area in 1858 after acquiring the territory from Sultan Ali ; before it was renamed Joh... |
The city was also once known as " Little Swatow ( Shantou ) " by the Chinese community in Johor Bahru , as most of Johor Bahru 's Chinese residents are Teochew people whose ancestry can be traced back to Shantou , China . They arrived in the mid @-@ 1800s , during the reign of Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim .
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= = History = =
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Due to a dispute between the Malays and the Bugis , the Johor @-@ Riau Empire was split on 1819 with the mainland Johor Sultanate came under the controls of Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim while the Riau @-@ Lingga Sultanate came under the control of the Bugis . The Temenggong intends to create a new administration centre fo... |
= = = British administration = = =
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In the first phase of Abu Bakar 's administration , the British only recognised him as a maharaja rather than a sultan . In 1855 , the British Colonial Office start to recognise his status as a Sultan after he met Queen Victoria . He managed to regain Kesang territory for Johor after a civil war with the aid of Britis... |
= = = World War II = = =
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The continuous development of Johor Bahru was , however , halted when the Japanese under General Tomoyuki Yamashita invaded the town on 31 January 1942 . As the Japanese had reached northwest Johor by 15 January , they easily captured major towns of Johor such of Batu Pahat , Yong Peng , Kluang and Ayer Hitam . The Br... |
In less than a month , the Japanese repaired the causeway and invaded the Singapore island easily . Soon after the war ended in 1946 , the town became the main hotspot for Malay nationalism in Malaya . Onn Jaafar , a local Malay politician who later became the Menteri Besar of Johor , formed the United Malay National ... |
= = = Post @-@ independence = = =
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When the Federation of Malaya , together with North Borneo , Sarawak and Singapore formed the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 , Johor Bahru continued as the state capital and more development was carried out , with the town 's expansion and the construction of more new townships and industrial estates . The Indonesian ... |
= = Capital city = =
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As the capital city of Johor , the city plays an important role in the economic welfare of the population of the entire state . There is one member of parliament ( MP ) representing the single parliamentary constituency ( P.160 ) in the city . The city also elects two representatives to the state legislature from the ... |
= = = Local authority and city definition = = =
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The city is administered by the Johor Bahru City Council . The current mayor as of March 2016 is Haji A. Rahim Haji Nin , who took over from Dato ' Haji Abdul Rahman Mohamed Dewam on 16 August 2015 . Johor Bahru obtained city status on 1 January 1994 . The area under the jurisdiction of the Johor Bahru City Council in... |
= = Geography = =
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Johor Bahru is located along the Straits of Johor at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia . It is the southernmost city in the Malay Peninsula . Originally , the city area was only 12 @.@ 12 km2 ( 4 @.@ 68 sq mi ) in 1933 before been expanded to over 220 km2 ( 85 sq mi ) in 2000 . Mount Pulai , which stand at 654 m... |
= = = Climate = = =
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The city has an equatorial climate with consistent temperatures , a considerable amount of rain , and high humidity throughout the course of the year . Temperatures range from 25 @.@ 5 ° C ( 77 @.@ 9 ° F ) to 27 @.@ 8 ° C ( 82 @.@ 0 ° F ) with an annual rainfall of around 2 @,@ 000 mm ( 79 in ) , mostly from November ... |
= = Demography = =
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Johor Bahru has an official demonym where people are commonly referred to as " Johor Bahruans " . The terms " J.B @-@ ites " and " J.B @-@ ians " have also been used to a limited extent . People from Johor are called Johoreans .
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= = = Ethnicity and religion = = =
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The Malaysian Census in 2010 reported the population of Johor Bahru as 497 @,@ 067 . This makes it the country 's second largest city . The city 's population today is a mixture of three main races- Malays , Chinese and Indians- along with other bumiputras . Malays comprise the majority of the population at 240 @,@ 32... |
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The local ethnic Malays speak the Malay language , while the language primarily spoken by the local Chinese is Mandarin Chinese . The Chinese community is represented by several dialect groups : Teochew , Hainanese , Hakka and Hokkien . The Indian community mainly speaks Tamil , Malayalam , Telugu and Punjabi . The En... |
= = Economy = =
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Johor Bahru is one of the fastest @-@ growing cities in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur . It is the main commercial centre for Johor and is located in the Indonesia – Malaysia – Singapore Growth Triangle . Tertiary @-@ based industry dominates the economy with thousands of Singaporeans and Indonesians and other internatio... |
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= = = Land = = =
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The internal roads linking different parts of the city are mostly federal roads constructed and maintained by Malaysian Public Works Department . There are five major highways linking the Johor Bahru Central Business District to outlying suburbs : Tebrau Highway and Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway in the... |
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Larkin Sentral , located 5 kilometres ( 3 @.@ 1 mi ) northwest of the city centre , has direct bus services to and from many destinations in West Malaysia , southern Thailand and Singapore . Two types of taxis operate in the city ; the main taxi is either in red and yellow , blue , green or red while the larger , less... |
= = = Air = = =
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The city is served by Senai International Airport located at the neighbouring Senai town . Five airlines , AirAsia , Firefly , Malaysia Airlines , Malindo Air and Xpress Air , provide flights internationally and domestically . The city is also supposedly to become the main hub for a newly formed airline called Flymojo... |
= = = Sea = = =
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Johor Port is located on the eastern side of the metropolitan area in the industrial area of Pasir Gudang . It is one of the country 's most important seaports for commodities and mineral resources shipping , as Johor is home to a large number of major commercial plantations . The port is also the location of the majo... |
= = Other utilities = =
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