Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amirul Hakeem bin Haji Kasim | ||
Date of birth | 18 March 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Brunei | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Indera | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2014 | Jerudong | ||
2016–2017 | Najip I-Team | (1) | |
2017– | Indera | (3) | |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Brunei | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2022 |
Amirul Hakeem bin Haji Kasim (born 18 March 1990) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indera SC of the Brunei Super League and the Brunei national football team. [1] He is the club captain of Indera and made his international debut at the age of 32. [2]
Hakeem began his footballing career at Jerudong FC from 2007 where he played alongside future DPMM FC star Azwan Ali Rahman. [3] The club finished fourth in successive seasons with Hakeem as their first choice centre-back. [4] [5] He also helped Jerudong qualify for the inaugural 2012–13 Brunei Super League by finishing second behind QAF FC in their group at the 2011–12 Brunei National Football League. [6]
Hakeem left Jerudong in 2015 and signed for Najip I-Team a year later for the 2016 season. [7] He played a part in Najip I-Team's fourth-place finish in the league and reached the final of that year's FA Cup, losing to league champions MS ABDB in the final by a single goal courtesy of Baharin Hamidon. [8] He scored his first goal for Najip against Kota Ranger FC in a 4–2 victory on 9 April. [9]
In the middle of 2017, Hakeem transferred to Indera SC to replace the departed Hazwan Hamzah. [10] He scored his first goal for Indera against his old club Jerudong FC in a 7–0 win on 16 December of that year. [11] He reached the FA Cup final again on his second attempt and this time emerged victorious against MS PDB after a 2–0 win with goals from Asri Aspar and Zulkhairy Razali. [12] Additionally, he scored the winner in the following Brunei Super Cup match against league champions MS ABDB on 19 October 2018. [13]
Hakeem took over from Khairil Shahme Suhaimi to become captain of Indera at the start of the 2022 season. [14]
Hakeem was called up to the national squad in the away friendly against Laos on 27 March 2022. [1] He made his international debut as a substitute in the game, playing the final seven minutes in a 3–2 loss. [2] He was recalled to the side for another friendly against Malaysia exactly two months later in Kuala Lumpur and similarly came on in the second half. He conceded a penalty for a foul on Akhyar Rashid to condemn the Wasps to a 4–0 defeat. [15]
Hakeem works as a government employee at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Brunei. [16]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Amirul Hakeem bin Haji Kasim | ||
Date of birth | 18 March 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Brunei | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Indera | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2014 | Jerudong | ||
2016–2017 | Najip I-Team | (1) | |
2017– | Indera | (3) | |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Brunei | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2022 |
Amirul Hakeem bin Haji Kasim (born 18 March 1990) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indera SC of the Brunei Super League and the Brunei national football team. [1] He is the club captain of Indera and made his international debut at the age of 32. [2]
Hakeem began his footballing career at Jerudong FC from 2007 where he played alongside future DPMM FC star Azwan Ali Rahman. [3] The club finished fourth in successive seasons with Hakeem as their first choice centre-back. [4] [5] He also helped Jerudong qualify for the inaugural 2012–13 Brunei Super League by finishing second behind QAF FC in their group at the 2011–12 Brunei National Football League. [6]
Hakeem left Jerudong in 2015 and signed for Najip I-Team a year later for the 2016 season. [7] He played a part in Najip I-Team's fourth-place finish in the league and reached the final of that year's FA Cup, losing to league champions MS ABDB in the final by a single goal courtesy of Baharin Hamidon. [8] He scored his first goal for Najip against Kota Ranger FC in a 4–2 victory on 9 April. [9]
In the middle of 2017, Hakeem transferred to Indera SC to replace the departed Hazwan Hamzah. [10] He scored his first goal for Indera against his old club Jerudong FC in a 7–0 win on 16 December of that year. [11] He reached the FA Cup final again on his second attempt and this time emerged victorious against MS PDB after a 2–0 win with goals from Asri Aspar and Zulkhairy Razali. [12] Additionally, he scored the winner in the following Brunei Super Cup match against league champions MS ABDB on 19 October 2018. [13]
Hakeem took over from Khairil Shahme Suhaimi to become captain of Indera at the start of the 2022 season. [14]
Hakeem was called up to the national squad in the away friendly against Laos on 27 March 2022. [1] He made his international debut as a substitute in the game, playing the final seven minutes in a 3–2 loss. [2] He was recalled to the side for another friendly against Malaysia exactly two months later in Kuala Lumpur and similarly came on in the second half. He conceded a penalty for a foul on Akhyar Rashid to condemn the Wasps to a 4–0 defeat. [15]
Hakeem works as a government employee at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Brunei. [16]