Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Tahir is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Aminuddin Zakwan.
Aminuddin Zakwan
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Aminuddin Zakwan bin Muhammad Tahir
Date of birth (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Brunei
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2007–2013 Muara Vella
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Brunei Youth Team
2012–2013 Muara Vella
2014 Najip (3)
2015–2017 DPMM 33 (0)
2018–2021 Indera (5)
International career‡
2011 Brunei U18
2012–2014 Brunei U21 10 (3)
2012–2019 Brunei 6 (1)
2015 Brunei U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2018

Muhammad Aminuddin Zakwan bin Muhammad Tahir (born 24 October 1994) is a Bruneian footballer who last played for Indera SC as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

Since 2007, Aminuddin had represented Muara Vella for club and youth level.[2] He ended his association with the Muara side in 2014 when he joined Najip FC.[3]

Aminuddin was added to the local contingent of the DPMM FC squad for the 2015 S.League season in February 2015 along with Reduan Petara, Yura Indera Putera and Khairul Anwar Abdul Rahim.[4] He was the only one out of the four to give a significant contribution to his team's title-winning season, appearing 22 times mostly at right-back.[5]

After managing only a single league appearance in 2017 (which was a 9–3 drubbing by Home United on 25 May), Aminuddin was released in the close season.[6]

Aminuddin joined Indera SC shortly after and scored in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Kasuka FC in March 2018.[7] He won an FA Cup medal by beating MS PDB in the final by 2 goals to nil.[8]

Aminuddin scored his first goal for Indera on 23 November 2018 in a 3–3 draw against MS PDB. He scored a 95th-minute equaliser against the Policemen to deny them the two points.[9]

International career

Aminuddin was a regular for various youth levels before his senior national team debut against Indonesia on 26 September 2012.[10] He was included in the squad for the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification and scored his first international goal against Cambodia in a 3–2 win,[11] making him one of the youngest goalscorers for Brunei's senior national team.

Aminuddin also helped the Under-21s win the 2012 edition of the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy with a 3-goal haul in the tournament.[12] He also made 4 appearances in the 2014 HBT, although failing to defend the title.

Aminuddin was originally named for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers in Jakarta but pulled out at the last minute.[13] He finally made his Under-23 bow at the 2015 SEA Games, where his team lost 0–6 to Vietnam in the first group game.

After five years away from the full national team, Aminuddin made the selection for AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches against Timor-Leste in early September 2018.[14] He played the first half of the away leg in Kuala Lumpur which finished in a 3–1 loss.[15]

Personal life

Aminuddin's older brother Amir Ajmal Tahir is also a former Bruneian footballer who played as a midfielder.[10] Since 2022, he has been residing in Vientiane, Laos as part of the diplomatic mission of Brunei to the country.[16]

Honours

Brunei DPMM

Indera

Brunei U21

Individual

See also: Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei
  • Meritorius Service Medal (PJK) (2012)[17]

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 October 2012 Yangon, Myanmar  Cambodia 1–1 3–2 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ "Indera SC return to winning ways". Borneo Bulletin. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Md Aminuddin: Practice definitely makes perfect". The Brunei Times. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Squad overhaul, the answer for Najip FC". The Brunei Times. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. ^ "www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2015/02/01/dpmm-fc-set-thai-friendlies". The Brunei Times. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Sergio Stars To Help Wasps Clinch First-Ever Title". S.League. 22 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Rosmin left out of DPMM FC 2018 squad". Borneo Bulletin. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Indera first team through to DST FA Cup final". Borneo Bulletin. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Indera create history by winning DST FA Cup". Borneo Bulletin. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  9. ^ "MS PDB denied second spot as Indera scores late". Borneo Bulletin. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Young gun aims for more". The Brunei Times. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Match Report: Cambodia 2-3 Brunei - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Brunei's dynamic duo speak up on performances | the Brunei Times". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Datang ke Jakarta, Brunei Hanya Diperkuat 22 Pemain". Bola.net. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Minister urges national team to make impact at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier". Borneo Bulletin. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  15. ^ "Timor Leste a step closer to reaching AFF Suzuki Cup". Fox Sports Asia. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Directory of Missions Abroad: Laos". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brunei. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Sultan sees HBT stars as nucleus of national team". Borneo Bulletin. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2022.