Rosanan Samak
{{short description|Bruneian footballer and coach}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Malay name|Rosanan|Samak}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rosanan Samak
| image = Rosanan Samak - 53715046516.jpg
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| fullname = Haji Mohammad Rosanan bin Abdullah Samak
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|07|18}}
| birth_place = Brunei
| position = Striker
| currentclub = AKSE Bersatu (head coach)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1985–2002
| clubs1 = Kota Ranger
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1985–2000
| clubs2 = Brunei FA
| caps2 =
| goals2 = 17+
| years3 = 2008
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Brunei
| nationalcaps1 = 9+
| nationalgoals1 = 1+
| manageryears1 = 2001–2003
| managerclubs1 = Kota Ranger
| manageryears2 = 2004–2009
| managerclubs2 = AH United
| manageryears3 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs3 = Brunei Youth Team
| manageryears4 = 2010
| managerclubs4 = Brunei U18 (assistant coach)
| manageryears5 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs5 = Brunei U21 (assistant coach)
| manageryears6 = 2012
| managerclubs6 = Brunei U21
| manageryears7 = 2013
| managerclubs7 = Brunei U15 (assistant coach)
| manageryears8 = 2014
| managerclubs8 = Brunei U21 (assistant coach)
| manageryears9 = 2021
| managerclubs9 = Panchor Murai
| manageryears10 = 2022
| managerclubs10 = Brunei
| manageryears11 = 2023
| managerclubs11 = AKSE Bersatu
| manageryears12 = 2024–
| managerclubs12 = Brunei (assistant coach)
| pcupdate = 18 July 2022
| ntupdate = 1 September 2015
| caption = Rosanan in 2024
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Football clinic kicks off|url=http://www.brusearch.com/news/26751|date=15 April 2008|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=31 August 2015}} He was a member of the team that won the 1999 Malaysia Cup, which is regarded as Brunei football's crowning achievement.{{cite web|title=Saga of Brunei's football association|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/art-culture/2010/02/01/saga-bruneis-football-association|date=1 February 2010|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=31 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916040858/http://www.bt.com.bn/art-culture/2010/02/01/saga-bruneis-football-association|archivedate=16 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}
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).{{cite web |title=Asian Club Competitions 1987/88|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup88.html|date=31 March 2011|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=31 August 2015}} Kota Ranger also won the BAFA-Standard Chartered Football League in 1992 and Rosanan was the top scorer.{{cite web |title=Kota Ranger raih $4 ribu|url=http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/1992/Pelita%20Brunei%2019%20Februari%201992.pdf#page=18|date=19 February 1992|publisher=Pelita Brunei|accessdate=23 July 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Piala Malaysia 1999: Brunei FA lawan Sarawak FA. |url=http://chedinsphere.blogspot.com/2013/03/piala-malaysia-1999-brunei-fa-lawan.html|date=6 March 2013|publisher=Che Din|accessdate=31 August 2015}} 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.{{cite book |last=Park |first=Stanley |date=September 15, 2004 |title=FIFA 192: The True Story Behind the Legend of Brunei Darussalam National Football Team |publisher=Universal Publishers |isbn=978-1581125085}}
Rosanan left the national representative side in 2000.{{cite web |title=M-League - Operation 'Promotion' kicks off|url=http://www.e-borneo.com/cgi-bin/np/viewnews.cgi?category=2&id=986790200|date=9 April 2001|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=1 September 2015}} He returned to Kota Ranger as player-coach a year later,{{cite web |title=DPMM FC into Pepsi Cup final|url=http://www.e-borneo.com/cgi-bin/np/viewnews.cgi?category=2&id=996130519|date=26 July 2001|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=1 September 2015}} and was also given opportunities to coach Bruneian exhibition sides at the time.{{cite web |title=Football - Rosanan pledges his best|url=http://www.e-borneo.com/cgi-bin/np/viewnews.cgi?category=2&id=998470997|date=22 August 2001|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=1 September 2015}} 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.{{cite web |title=Brunei 2004|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei04.html|date=26 May 2005|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=1 September 2015}}{{cite web |title=Brunei - List of Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bruneicuphist.html|date=19 February 2015|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=1 September 2015}}
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),{{cite web |title=Brunei 2009/10|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei09.html|date=19 February 2015|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=1 September 2015}} the Under-21s (2012),{{cite web |title=Friendlies give team valuable exposure|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2012/06/19/friendlies-give-team-valuable-exposure|date=19 June 2012|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=1 September 2015}} and the Under-15s as assistant coach (2013).{{cite web |title=NFABD U-15 still winless|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/2013/06/26/nfabd-u-15-still-winless|date=26 June 2013|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=1 September 2015}} He was assistant to Kwon Oh-son for the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy competitions for the U21s in 2012 and 2014.{{cite web |title=BRUNEI'S WINNING HBT TEAM TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT AID|url=http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=8072|date=6 April 2012|publisher=ASEAN Football Federation|accessdate=31 August 2015}}{{cite web |title=HBT trials start in Tutong|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/sports/2014/01/04/hbt-trials-start-tutong|date=4 January 2014|publisher=The Brunei Times|accessdate=1 September 2015}} He received the Order of Setia Negara Brunei Fourth Class for his part in winning the competition in 2012.{{cite web |title=Sultan sees HBT stars as nucleus of national team|url=http://www.sultanate.com/news_server/2012/6_apr_1.html|date=6 April 2012|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=21 September 2022}}
In the 2021 Brunei Super League season, he coached Panchor Murai FC.{{cite web |title=Keeping the boots laced up|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/keeping-the-boots-laced-up/|date=17 September 2021|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=11 July 2022}}
Between March and September 2022, he was the head coach of the Brunei national football team, taking charge of friendlies against Laos and Malaysia.{{Cite instagram |user=bruneiansoccer |date=22 March 2022|postid=CbZTp-ohbFW |title=National Team Call Up for the friendly match against Laos.|access-date=23 March 2022}} The following year, he was appointed as head coach of AKSE Bersatu.{{cite web |title=AKSE Bersatu sign professional players, head coach|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/akse-bersatu-sign-professional-players-head-coach/|date=3 June 2023|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=5 June 2023}}
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.{{cite web |title=South East Asian Games 1999 (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sea99.html|date=26 April 2002|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=1 September 2015}}
Honours
=As player=
==Team==
;Kota Ranger
- Brunei National Championship: 1987
- Jasra Trophy League: 1988-89{{cite web |title=Brunei 1988/89|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brunei89.html|date=14 April 2022|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=23 August 2022}}
- 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 FA Cup: 2006
;Brunei national under-21 football team
- Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy: 2012 (as assistant coach)
==Individual==
{{See also|Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei}}
- 50px Meritorius Service Medal (PJK) (13 December 1999; 2012){{Cite web |last=Prime Minister's Office |date=1999-12-13 |title=National Heroes receive Meritorious Service Medals |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/Publication%20listsPDF/Brunei%20Darussalam%20Newsletter/BDN%20DEC%201999_final.pdf |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.information.gov.bn}}
- 50x50px Order of Setia Negara Brunei Fourth Class (PSB) (2012)
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|pid=1087|name=Rosanan Samak}}
- {{Soccerway|mohammad-rosanan-abdullah-bin-samak/296513|Rosanan Samak}}
{{Brunei national football team managers}}
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