Zainuddin Kassim

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Zainuddin Kassim
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Zainuddin in 2024
Personal information
Full name Haji Zainuddin bin Haji Kassim
Date of birth (1965-11-01) 1 November 1965 (age 59) [1]
Place of birth Brunei
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Brunei
International career‡
Brunei ? (3+)
Managerial career
1988 Brunei (player-coach)
2001 Brunei
2004 Brunei
2008–2011 AM Gunners
2011 Brunei U19
2013 Brunei U23 (assistant coach)
2020 Brunei (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2015
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 August 2015

Haji Zainuddin bin Haji Kassim is a Bruneian former national football player and current coach.

Zainuddin played as a striker for the Bruneian representative team in the Malaysia league in the 80s and 90s. [2] He made several appearances for the national side, and scored a goal in a 1986 World Cup qualifier against Hong Kong.

Zainuddin became a football coach afterwards. After a coaching stint for Brunei's M-League side while still registered as a player in 1988, [3] he took charge of the national team for 6 games at the 2002 World Cup qualifying. [4] He then turned to club football in 2008 with AM Gunners, [5] coaching them until 2011 when the season was aborted abruptly. He was appointed Brunei Under-19 head coach in 2011, [6] followed by being Brunei Under-23 assistant coach in 2013. [7]

In 2020, he was appointed assistant coach of the Brunei national football team headed by Ali Hj Mustafa. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sheffield-trained duo". Singapore Monitor. 4 January 1985. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Brunei Muara 'C' champions". Borneo Bulletin. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Banking on Young Talent". New Straits Times. 22 June 1988. Retrieved 16 September 2016– via Google News Archive Search.
  4. ↑ "India looking to salvage some pride". The Hindu . 19 May 2001. Archived from the original on 23 January 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gunners, Ranger through". The Brunei Times. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Brunei start training for HBT". The Brunei Times. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "DPMM FC teach national U-23 squad a lesson". The Brunei Times. 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Three more added to call-up list". Borneo Bulletin. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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