Yunos Yusof
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Haji Mohammad Yunos bin Haji Mohammad Yusof | ||
| Date of birth | 1965 (age 59–60) | ||
| Place of birth | Brunei | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1999 | Brunei | ||
| 2002–2003 | Kota Ranger | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1981 | Brunei U16 | 2+ | (0) |
| 1985–1999 | Brunei | 10+ | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 October 2025` | |||
Haji Mohammad Yunos bin Haji Mohammad Yusof is a Bruneian former national football player and current futsal coach.[1] He was once a goalkeeper renowned for his superb agility and dexterity during his time with the Brunei representative team playing in the Malaysia leagues, and he ended his career on a high by winning the 1999 Malaysia Cup.[2]
National career
Yunos joined the national representative team in 1985, replacing Ali Ismail, who had retired from football at the age of 25.[3] He began a 15-year rivalry with the much taller goalie Ibrahim Abu Bakar, frequently trading places in the well-supported Brunei team for many years to come in the M-League.[4]
After helping Brunei achieve a record highest position of third in 1998,[5] Yunos lost his place to Ibrahim after Mick Jones took over from David Booth midway through the 1999 season. Nevertheless, he is remembered today as a member of the Brunei team that won the Malaysia Cup in the same year, and it was the perfect opportunity to end what was a long and arduous career.
International career
Yunos was already playing for Brunei as early as 1981 when he donned the gloves for Brunei's under-16 team at the 1981 Lion City Cup.[6][7] He was the keeper when Brunei contested and won the last ever Borneo Cup between Brunei and the state sides of Sarawak and Sabah in November 1987.[8] He appeared in approximately six editions of the Southeast Asian Games from 1987 to 1997,[9] losing in all but one game in the mentioned period (the one game being a 2–2 draw against Singapore at the 18th SEA Games).
However, on a brighter note, Yunos was in goal for Brunei's 1–0 victory over the Philippines at the 1996 Tiger Cup held in Singapore on 8 September.[10] This game marked Brunei's first-ever clean sheet in an international fixture, as well as the first win for the Wasps in nine years.