Rahimni Pundut

Rahimni Pundut
Personal information
Full name Haji Rahimni bin Haji Pundut
Date of birth (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Brunei
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Setia Perdana
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 DPMM 1 (0)
2011 DST Group FT
2011–2020 Setia Perdana
2023– Setia Perdana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2019

Haji Rahimni bin Haji Pundut (born 5 January 1987) is a Bruneian footballer who plays for Setia Perdana FC in the Brunei Super League as a striker.[1] Due to a typing error, his patronym is mistakenly referred to as Pundat.[2]

Career

Rahimni previously played for professional club Brunei DPMM FC in the 2009 S.League season, DPMM's first and eventful season in Singapore after withdrawing from the Malaysia Super League. He only saw one minute of playing time, against Sengkang Punggol on 6 July.[3] He was on the bench for the final of the 2009 Singapore League Cup, picking up a winner's medal as DPMM won the game 4–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in extra time.[4]

Rahimni moved to Setia Perdana in 2011 for the Brunei National Football League, a competition ran by the newly established National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam to determine the teams for a new league that was to become the 2012–13 Brunei Super League. His club finished third in the one-off league, placing them in the 2014 Brunei Premier League.[5]

On 31 May 2015, Rahimni scored a three-minute hattrick in a 4–2 victory against Kasuka FC.[6] Previously, Qamarul Ariffin Hifni achieved this feat for March United in a 9–3 win against IB Pandan in the 2005 B-League Premier Two.[7] Rahimni finished the 2015 season as top scorer for the Brunei Premier League with 16 goals.[8]

Rahimni scored a total of seven goals to lift Setia Perdana to first place in the 2017 Brunei Premier League.[9] This brought promotion for Setia to the 2018–19 Brunei Super League.

Honours

Team

DPMM FC
Setia Perdana

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Faisal one of Setia Perdana's key players". Borneo Bulletin. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ "SLeague Portal: DPMM". S.League. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Match Statistics for Match 0102 - Sengkang Punggol FC vs Brunei DPMM FC". S.League.
  4. ^ "League Cup eludes SAFFC as Brunei DPMM FC win on penalties". Red Sports Singapore. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Brunei 2011/12". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Hj Rahimni stars in Setia Perdana's victory". The Brunei Times. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ "March United berpesta gol" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ^ "DST PREMIER LEAGUE 2015 top scorers". National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. ^ "IKLS promoted to DST Premier League with win over DSP United". Borneo Bulletin. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2018.