Hussein Aljunied
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Date of death | 5 March 2016 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Singapore General Hospital, Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Warriors FC | |||
| International career | |||
| 1970s | Singapore | 1+ | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1976–1977 | Singapore (assistant) | ||
| 1984–1986 | Singapore | ||
| 1983–1988 | Warriors | ||
| 1990–1993 | Brunei | ||
| 1994–1996 | Tampines Rovers | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hussein Aljunied (1943 – 5 March 2016), also called Habib,[1] was a Singaporean football player and manager. He was high respected as the national head coach of both Singapore and Brunei throughout the 1980s and 90s.[2]
In charge of the Singapore national team from 1984 to 1986.[3][4] He guided the team to both the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Final and the Malaysia League championship in 1985.[5][6] In the 1985 Merlion Cup, he also guided Singapore to a joint championship victory with Yugoslavia.[7] After his management in his home country, he had a managerial stint with the Brunei national team from 1990 until 1993.[8] Only two international matches were completed during his time in Brunei, each ending in a draw and defeat against the Philippines in 1991.[9] The majority of his work was with the Brunei representative team playing in the Malaysian Liga Semi-Pro second division.[10]
