Najib Tarif
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamad Najib bin Haji Tarif | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Brunei | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Brunei DPMM FC | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | NBT FC | ||
| 2008–2010 | AM Gunners | ||
| 2011–2012 | MS PDB[1] | ||
| 2012– | DPMM | 42 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2014 | Brunei U21 | ||
| 2008– | Brunei | 16 | (0) |
| 2011 | Brunei U23 | 5 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2016. | |||
Mohamad Najib bin Haji Tarif is a Bruneian footballer who plays for DPMM FC as a midfielder or left-sided full-back.[2]
Club career
Starting out with the likes of NBT FC and AM Gunners of the Brunei Premier League, Najib's performances at the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy as team captain prompted a move from MS PDB to Brunei's only professional club, DPMM.[3]
After appearing only seven times in the 2015 season, his club head coach Steve Kean advised him to switch to the left-back position for him to gain playing time (as he has done to Helmi Zambin and Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir). A season-ending injury to first-choice Sairol Sahari meant that he would be relied on much more heavily in 2016.[4]
International career
Najib has played for Brunei Under-21 since 2005,[5] and is the only player to have played in 4 Hassanal Bolkiah tournaments, winning the trophy in 2012. He regards his injury-time free-kick against Cambodia in that year's opening match as the best goal he has ever scored.[6]
Najib scored in Brunei Under-23's first match against Timor-Leste at the 2011 SEA Games football tournament, but the team lost 1–2. He then played in all five matches as Brunei finished fifth in their group.
Najib's full international debut for the Wasps came in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification held in the Philippines where he played in all three games. He was also ever-present for Brunei's AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying campaigns in 2012 and 2014. For the 2016 edition he was deployed at left-back, but did not finish the game due to injury which would keep him out of the rest of the games.[7]
Najib was in the list for the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup but initially did not travel with the rest of the squad.[8] Nevertheless, he recovered and made the starting lineup for the opening match, and kept his place at left-back for the whole tournament as Brunei finished in fourth place.[9]
Honours
Team
- Brunei DPMM FC
International
Personal life
Najib has nine siblings, one of which is his DPMM teammate, younger brother Na'im.[10]
References
- ↑ "MS PDB bag 1st win in DST league". The Brunei Times. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "N. Tarif". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "DPMM FC get fresh legs". The Brunei Times. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Sairol out for the season". The Brunei Times. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "ASEAN U-21 Championship 2005 (Piala Hassanal Bolkiah)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Brunei skipper: It's the best goal I've ever scored". The Brunei Times. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Fatigue, injuries contribute to loss". The Brunei Times. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ "Helmi, Azwan join team for AFC Solidarity Cup". The Brunei Times. 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ "Laos claim AFC Solidarity Cup third place". Asian Football Confederation. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ "HRH Crown Prince with the champs". The Brunei Times. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
External links
- Najib Tarif at National-Football-Teams.com
- Najib Tarif profile at Soccerway