Rosanan Samak

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Samak is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Rosanan.
Rosanan Samak
Rosanan in 2024
Personal information
Full name Haji Mohammad Rosanan bin Abdullah Samak
Date of birth (1965-07-18) 18 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Brunei
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 AKSE Bersatu (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–2002 Kota Ranger
1985–2000 Brunei FA (17+)
2008 Dragonfly FC[1]
International career‡
Brunei 9+ (1+)
Managerial career
2001–2003 Kota Ranger
2004–2009 AH United
2009–2011 Brunei Youth Team
2010 Brunei U18 (assistant coach)
2011–2012 Brunei U21 (assistant coach)
2012 Brunei U21
2013 Brunei U15 (assistant coach)
2014 Brunei U21 (assistant coach)
2021 Panchor Murai
2022 Brunei
2023 AKSE Bersatu
2024– Brunei (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2015

Haji Mohammad Rosanan bin Abdullah Samak (born 18 July 1965) is a Bruneian football coach and former player, who played as a striker most notably with the Brunei team that played in the Malaysian league in the 1990s.[2] He was a member of the team that won the 1999 Malaysia Cup, which is regarded as Brunei football's crowning achievement.[3]

Club and coaching career

Rosanan started his career with the Bruneian team Kota Ranger FC, the team won the domestic championship in 1987 and participated in that year's Asian Champions' Cup (an early edition of the AFC Champions League).[4] Kota Ranger also won the BAFA-Standard Chartered Football League in 1992 and Rosanan was the top scorer.[5] At the turn of the decade, he was selected to play for the Brunei team competing in Liga Semi-Pro Malaysia. His 10-year career with the Wasps culminated in the shock 2–1 win against Sarawak in the final of the 1999 Malaysia Cup.[6] This achievement was chronicled in FIFA 192: The True Story Behind the Legend of Brunei Darussalam National Football Team, a book by British author Stanley Park.[7]

Rosanan left the national representative side in 2000.[8] He returned to Kota Ranger as player-coach a year later,[9] and was also given opportunities to coach Bruneian exhibition sides at the time.[10] He hung up his boots in 2003 and moved to AH United a year later, starting a six-year tenure in which he won the Brunei FA Cup in 2006.[11][12]

Hired by BAFA as a coach in 2009, Rosanan was assigned various coaching positions since, such as the Brunei Youth Team that played in the domestic league (2009–2011),[13] the Under-21s (2012),[14] and the Under-15s as assistant coach (2013).[15] He was assistant to Kwon Oh-son for the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy competitions for the U21s in 2012 and 2014.[16][17] He received the Order of Setia Negara Brunei Fourth Class for his part in winning the competition in 2012.[18]

In the 2021 Brunei Super League season, he coached Panchor Murai FC.[19]

Between March and September 2022, he was the head coach of the Brunei national football team, taking charge of friendlies against Laos and Malaysia.[20] The following year, he was appointed as head coach of AKSE Bersatu.[21]

International career

Rosanan scored a goal against Thailand national football team in a 5–2 defeat at the 17th SEA Games in Singapore on 11 June 1993.

Rosanan played for Brunei's national team at the 1999 SEA Games held at home, and played all six matches at the 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign without scoring a goal.[22]

Honours

As player

Team

Kota Ranger
  • Brunei National Championship: 1987
  • Jasra Trophy League: 1988-89[23]
  • BAFA-Standard Chartered Football League: 1992
  • Borneo Inter-Club Cup: 1992

Individual

  • BAFA-Standard Chartered Football League top scorer: 15 goals

As coach

Team

AH United
Brunei national under-21 football team

Individual

See also: Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei

References

  1. ^ "Brunei Muara Football League Off With A Bang". Borneo Bulletin. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Football clinic kicks off". Borneo Bulletin. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Saga of Brunei's football association". The Brunei Times. 1 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Asian Club Competitions 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Kota Ranger raih $4 ribu" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 19 February 1992. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Piala Malaysia 1999: Brunei FA lawan Sarawak FA". Che Din. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ Park, Stanley (15 September 2004). FIFA 192: The True Story Behind the Legend of Brunei Darussalam National Football Team. Universal Publishers. ISBN 978-1581125085.
  8. ^ "M-League - Operation 'Promotion' kicks off". Borneo Bulletin. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  9. ^ "DPMM FC into Pepsi Cup final". Borneo Bulletin. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Football - Rosanan pledges his best". Borneo Bulletin. 22 August 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Brunei 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Brunei - List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Brunei 2009/10". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Friendlies give team valuable exposure". The Brunei Times. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  15. ^ "NFABD U-15 still winless". The Brunei Times. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  16. ^ "BRUNEI'S WINNING HBT TEAM TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID". ASEAN Football Federation. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  17. ^ "HBT trials start in Tutong". The Brunei Times. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Sultan sees HBT stars as nucleus of national team". Borneo Bulletin. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Keeping the boots laced up". Borneo Bulletin. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  20. ^ @bruneiansoccer (22 March 2022). "National Team Call Up for the friendly match against Laos". Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Instagram.
  21. ^ "AKSE Bersatu sign professional players, head coach". Borneo Bulletin. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  22. ^ "South East Asian Games 1999 (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 April 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  23. ^ "Brunei 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  24. ^ Prime Minister's Office (13 December 1999). "National Heroes receive Meritorious Service Medals" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. Retrieved 13 May 2024.