Pada tanggal 31 Agustus 1998, ketika bermain untuk Indonesia dalam pertandingan grup [[Piala Tiger 1998]] melawan [[tim nasional sepak bola Thailand|Thailand]], Mursyid dengan sengaja mencetak [[gol bunuh diri]] untuk mempengaruhi hasil pertandingan. Oleh karena itu, ia dilarangdiberi sanksi berupa larangan seumur hidup untuk bermain sepak bola di tingkat internasional seumur hidup oleh [[FIFA]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article688637.ece|title=Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal|date=17 July 2006|author=Bill Edgar|newspaper=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/jul/14/theknowledge.sport|title=Was Zidane the first on-pitch puker?|date=14 July 2004|author=Georgina Turner and Will Roberts|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-most-bizarre-goals-1805555.html?action=Gallery&ino=7|title=The most bizarre goals|newspaper=The Independent | location=London|date=27 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/937531/first-xi:-own-goals?cc=5901 |title=First XI: Own goals - ESPN FC |website=soccernet.espn.go.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026121419/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/937531/first-xi:-own-goals?cc=5901 |archive-date=2012-10-26}} </ref>
