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As of match played 17 May 2016 .
= = = International = = =
As of match played 15 November 2011 .
= = = International goals = = =
As of match played 15 November 2011 . England score listed first , score column indicates score after each Bent goal .
= = Honours = =
Individual
Charlton Athletic Player of the Year : 2005 – 06
Sunderland Player of the Year : 2009 – 10
= Johor Bahru =
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 = =
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 .
= = History = =
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 = = =
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 = = =
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 = = =
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 = =
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 = = =
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 = =
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 = = =
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 = =
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 .
= = = Ethnicity and religion = = =
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...
= = = Languages = = =
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 = =
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...
= = Transportation = =
= = = Land = = =
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...
= = = = Public transportation = = = =
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 = = =
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 = = =
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 = =