Zainuddin_Kassim

Zainuddin Kassim

Zainuddin Kassim

Bruneian footballer

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Kassim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Zainuddin.

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

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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]

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    "India looking to salvage some pride". The Hindu. 19 May 2001. Archived from the original on 23 January 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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    "Gunners, Ranger through". The Brunei Times. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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    "Brunei start training for HBT". The Brunei Times. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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    "DPMM FC teach national U-23 squad a lesson". The Brunei Times. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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    "Three more added to call-up list". Borneo Bulletin. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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