Hanif Aiman Adanan

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Hanif Aiman
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Personal information
Full name Mohammad Hanif Aiman bin Haji Adanan
Date of birth (2000-03-04) 4 March 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Brunei
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kasuka FC
Number 9
Youth career
2013–2018 Tabuan Muda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Tabuan Muda 'A' (2)
2018– Kasuka (21)
International career‡
2013 Brunei U14 5 (0)
2015–2016 Brunei U16 9 (2)
2015–2018 Brunei U19 7 (1)
2018 Brunei U21 1 (0)
2019–2022 Brunei U23 5 (0)
2020– Brunei 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025

Mohammad Hanif Aiman bin Haji Adanan (born 4 March 2000) is a Bruneian footballer who plays for Kasuka FC of the Brunei Super League as a forward. [1]

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Club career

Tabuan Muda

From 2013 to 2018, Hanif was a youth prospect under the national Tabuan Muda scheme, [2] and started playing league football in the 2017 Brunei Super League with Tabuan Muda 'A'. [3] He scored his only goal of the season against Najip I-Team on 15 November in a 2–0 victory. [4]

Kasuka

At the start of the 2018–19 Brunei Super League, Hanif was signed by Kasuka FC along with Young Wasps compatriots Adi Shukry Salleh, Hanif Farhan Azman and Alinur Rashimy Jufri. [5] [6] The striker had a memorable debut, scoring four times against Setia Perdana in a 11–0 rout. [7] Kasuka were title challengers to the defending champions MS ABDB all season but with Hanif struggling to find goals in the first three months of 2019, [8] a 1–2 loss to the Armymen on 3 March buried their title hopes as ABDB captured their fourth Super League championship in a row. [9] Hanif then scored seven goals in Kasuka's last two fixtures to propel him to the top of the goalscoring charts, and with Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman failing to find the net in their final game against Kota Ranger, Hanif became the league's top scorer with 16 goals. [8]

After two cancelled seasons of the Super League due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [10] [11] Hanif found himself down the pecking order at the 2022 Brunei FA Cup campaign after Kasuka signed Adi Said from Kota Ranger and paired him with Liberian striker Leon Sullivan Taylor. [12] He only scored one goal against Rimba Star while both Adi and Taylor enjoyed 45 goals between themselves. [13] In the cup final on 4 December where Kasuka were beaten 2–1 by DPMM FC's first team, Hanif was not selected for the matchday squad. [14]

Hanif missed the entirety of the 2023 season with a long-term injury, but recovered by the time the following season was underway. [15] He scored the final goal in Kasuka's first league fixture which was a 9–0 trashing of Lun Bawang FC on 1 September 2024. [16] He managed a total of five goals for the season, including a brace against Rimba Star FC on 17 January 2025 as Kasuka defended their championship on the final day, a 2–3 victory over DPMM II. [17] [18]

International career

Youth

Hanif featured for the Young Wasps from Under-14 level all the way to Under-23 level. His first impactful match was in a 2–2 draw with Timor-Leste at the 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship held in Cambodia where he scored both goals for Brunei. [19] He also featured for the U16s for the same tournament the following year but could not find the back of the net in four games. [20]

Hanif was with the under-19s for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches held in Paju, South Korea in November 2017, and took the field in the 0–11 mauling of the Young Wasps by the hosts. [21] In their final fixture of the tournament, Hanif managed to find the net in a 2–2 draw against Timor-Leste. [22] That following July, Hanif travelled to Surabaya for the 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship but had to endure four defeats. [23] [24]

Hanif was selected for Brunei U21 at the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, [25] and was a surprise selection at the right wing position in the first match against Timor-Leste on 23 April, the tournament curtain-raiser. [26] The hosts fell to a solitary José Oliveira penalty in the first half. [27] Hanif subsequently failed to appear in the rest of the matches where Brunei could not progress from the group stage. [28]

Hanif was a participant of the 30th SEA Games in December 2019 held in the Philippines. [29] He only made two starts without lasting the first half as he was substituted for Haimie Anak Nyaring after Ishyra Asmin Jabidi's dismissal on 13 minutes for the 3–0 defeat by Laos, [30] then was withdrawn for Hakeme Yazid Said just before half-time in a tactical switch in the 8–0 loss to Indonesia. [31]

Hanif was in the Brunei U23 squad to compete at the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship hosted by Cambodia in February. [32] Hanif featured in all three games where Brunei failed to gain a single point against Cambodia, Timor-Leste and the Philippines. [33]

Senior

Hanif was first called up to the full international squad at a training camp in September 2020. [34] He was a regular squad member without making a senior appearance before his 2023 injury. [35] [36] [37] He finally made his international bow on 9 October 2025 as a second-half substitute against Yemen at the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification, where the Wasps went down 0–2 at Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium. [38]

Honours

Team

Kasuka

Individual

Personal life

Hanif has a younger brother named Hadif Aiman who plays for MS ABDB. [39]

References

  1. ↑ "Hanif Aiman". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "NATIONAL YOUTH UNDER-17". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "MS PDB COME BACK TO DRAW AGAINST TABUAN MUDA A". BruSports News. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tabuan Muda 'A' hampakan Najip I-Team, 2 - 0". Pelita Brunei. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. ↑ @kasukafc; (26 October 2018). "Name: Md Hanif Aiman Hj Adnan" . Retrieved 22 October 2025– via Instagram.
  6. ↑ "Kasuka FC climb to second place with emphatic win". Borneo Bulletin. 12 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Setia Perdana suffer 11-0 defeat to Kasuka". Borneo Bulletin. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Kasuka FC's forward Mohd Hanif Aiman scoops Super League top scorer award". Borneo Bulletin. 12 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "MS ABDB BAG FOURTH STRAIGHT DST SUPER LEAGUE TITLE". BruSports News. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Brunei Super League, U16 & U19 Tournaments cancelled". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Brunei Super League 2021 called off". Borneo Bulletin. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Kasuka run riot against Lun Bawang in FA Cup opener". Borneo Bulletin. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  13. ↑ @bruneibula; (11 September 2022). "Keputusan penuh perlawanan Piala FA Brunei 2022 yang berlangsung tadi patang" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  14. ↑ @fa.bruneidarussalam; (4 December 2022). "Starting XI for today's match between DPMM FC and Kasuka FC" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  15. ↑ @kasukafc; (15 March 2023). "Perlawanan persahabatan 🔴⚪" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  16. ↑ @ligabrunei; (18 October 2025). "The Brunei Super League 2024/25 kicked off in spectacular fashion on Sunday as Kasuka FC delivered a commanding 9-0 victory against Lun Bawang FC" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  17. ↑ "18/01/2025 The Brunei Super League". Radio Television Brunei. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Kasuka FC down DPMM FC II for BSL title". BruSports News. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "AFF BIDC U16: WIN FOR MALAYSIA AND LAOS; BRUNEI HOLD FANCIED TIMOR". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "AFF SMART U16: THAILAND POWER PAST CAMBODIA; LAOS IN CONTENTION". ASEAN Football Federation. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  21. ↑ "AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018: BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 - 11 KOREA REPUBLIC". Asian Football Confederation. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "Brunei ends AFC U-19 run on a positive". Borneo Bulletin. 9 November 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  23. ↑ "Brunei to compete at AFF U-19 Championship in Indonesia". BruSports News. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  24. ↑ "AFF U19: Three teams must battle for two semis slots". ASEAN Football Federation. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  25. ↑ "BRU - 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy". Information Department, Prime Minister's Office of Brunei. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  26. ↑ "BRU vs TLS - 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy". Information Department, Prime Minister's Office of Brunei. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  27. ↑ "NERVY BRUNEI SLIP TO OPENING DEFEAT AGAINST TIMOR LESTE". BruSports News. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  28. ↑ "MYANMAR BREAK BRUNEI'S HEARTS". BruSports News. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  29. ↑ "BRUNEI SEA GAMES FOOTBALL TEAM EASE PAST DPMM FC U-19 IN FRIENDLY". BruSports News. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  30. ↑ "30th SEA Games 2019: MATCH SUMMARY LAO PDR 3 - 0 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  31. ↑ "30th SEA Games 2019: MATCH SUMMARY INDONESIA 8 - 0 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  32. ↑ "Brunei Under-23 national squad announced". Borneo Bulletin. 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  33. ↑ "AFF U23 Championship: Philippines head home despite winning 2-1 against Brunei". Goal.com. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  34. ↑ "Search for National Team begins". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  35. ↑ @fa.bruneidarussalam; (25 May 2022). "We know everyone is aware that our Senior Team will be going against Malaysia this weekend. So, here are the list of players and officials who will be attending the said match" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  36. ↑ @fa.bruneidarussalam; (20 September 2022). "The Brunei Darussalam squad list for the upcoming international friendly games" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  37. ↑ @fa.bruneidarussalam; (5 November 2022). "Starting XI for today's match between Brunei and Timor Leste" . Retrieved 28 October 2025– via Instagram.
  38. ↑ "Brunei Darussalam vs Yemen - October 9, 2025 - AFC Asian Cup Qualification 2027 Saudi Arabia - Soccer | Global Sports Archive". Data Sports Group. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  39. ↑ "23 national under-23 players called up for AFF meet". Borneo Bulletin. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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