| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Naasiruddeen bin Abdul Wahab | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Brunei | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | DSP United | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | QAF FC | ||
| 2011–2016 | Kilanas FC | (4) | |
| 2017 | DSP United | (2) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Brunei | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 February 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 February 2019 | |||
Naasiruddeen bin Abdul Wahab (born 3 May 1989 [1] ) is a Bruneian former footballer who last played as a midfielder for DSP United. [2] He is a two-time Brunei Premier League champion with QAF FC and represented Brunei on three occasions in 2009. [3]
Naasiruddeen began his playing career with local powerhouse QAF FC, winning the Brunei Premier League on two occasions namely the 2007-08 and 2009-10 seasons. [4] [5] He left to join Kilanas FC of the Brunei Premier League II in 2011 and scored a hat-trick against Muara Vella FC on 24 April. [6]
Kilanas were one of the founder clubs of the Brunei Super League but frequently finished in the lower half. They suffered back-to-back relegations in 2015 and 2016. [7] [8] Naasiruddeen moved to promoted DSP United for the 2017 Brunei Premier League and finished fourth in the table. [9] He scored twice in one match against Tunas FC on 9 July. [2]
Naasiruddeen debuted for the Brunei national football team (represented by QAF FC [10] ) on 4 April 2009 against Sri Lanka in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifying matches held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was a first-half substitute for Zulkhairi Salleh and finished the game on the losing side with a 5–1 score. [11] He was also a substitute in the next game against Pakistan two days later, which ended 0–6 against the Wasps. [12] He was finally handed a start by Ali Mustafa in the final game against Chinese Taipei, however once again Brunei were defeated 5 goals to nil. [13]
Naasiruddeen is an alumnus of Institut Teknologi Brunei (currently Universiti Teknologi Brunei). He became the President of the institute's Student Representative Council for the 2014 academic year, [14] and graduated in 2016 as a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Communications Engineering. He received the Vice Chancellor's Award for his academic excellence there. [15]