Zainuddin Kassim

{{short description|Bruneian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Malay name|Zainuddin|Kassim}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zainuddin Kassim

| image = Zainuddin Kassim - 53715793419.jpg

| image_size =

| fullname = Haji Zainuddin bin Haji Kassim

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|1|df=yes}}{{cite web |title=Sheffield-trained duo|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singmonitor19850104-1.2.38.9.2.aspx|date=4 January 1985|publisher=Singapore Monitor|access-date=25 August 2015}}

| birth_place = Brunei

| height =

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Brunei

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 =

| clubs2 =

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Brunei

| nationalcaps1 = ?

| nationalgoals1 = 3+

| manageryears1 = 1988

| managerclubs1 = Brunei (player-coach)

| manageryears2 = 2001

| managerclubs2 = Brunei

| manageryears3 = 2004

| managerclubs3 = Brunei

| manageryears4 = 2008–2011

| managerclubs4 = AM Gunners

| manageryears5 = 2011

| managerclubs5 = Brunei U19

| manageryears6 = 2013

| managerclubs6 = Brunei U23 (assistant coach)

| manageryears7 = 2020

| managerclubs7 = Brunei (assistant coach)

| pcupdate = 25 August 2015

| ntupdate = 25 August 2015

| caption = Zainuddin in 2024

}}

Haji Zainuddin bin Haji Kassim is a Bruneian former national football player and current coach.

Zainuddin played as a striker for the Bruneian representative team in the Malaysia league in the 80s and 90s.{{cite web |title=Brunei Muara 'C' champions|url=http://www.brusearch.com/news/11829|date=2 July 2007|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=25 August 2015}} He made several appearances for the national side, and scored a goal in a 1986 World Cup qualifier against Hong Kong.

Zainuddin became a football coach afterwards. After a coaching stint for Brunei's M-League side while still registered as a player in 1988,{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19880622&id=C1pPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4747,1505385&hl=en|title=Banking on Young Talent|via=Google News Archive Search|date=22 June 1988|publisher=New Straits Times|access-date=16 September 2016}} he took charge of the national team for 6 games at the 2002 World Cup qualifying.{{cite web |title=India looking to salvage some pride|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/05/20/stories/07200441.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020123161324/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/05/20/stories/07200441.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2002|date=19 May 2001|work=The Hindu|access-date=25 August 2015}} He then turned to club football in 2008 with AM Gunners,{{cite web |title=Gunners, Ranger through|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/local_sport/2008/04/21/gunners_ranger_through|date=21 April 2008|publisher=The Brunei Times|access-date=25 August 2015}} coaching them until 2011 when the season was aborted abruptly. He was appointed Brunei Under-19 head coach in 2011,{{cite web |title=Brunei start training for HBT|url=http://dns.bruneitimes.com.bn/sports-national/2011/08/06/brunei-start-training-hbt|date=6 August 2011|publisher=The Brunei Times|access-date=25 August 2015}} followed by being Brunei Under-23 assistant coach in 2013.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC teach national U-23 squad a lesson|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2013/10/13/dpmm-fc-teach-national-u-23-squad-lesson|date=13 October 2013|publisher=The Brunei Times|access-date=25 August 2015}}

In 2020, he was appointed assistant coach of the Brunei national football team headed by Ali Hj Mustafa.{{cite web |title=Three more added to call-up list|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/2020/09/three-more-added-to-call-up-list/|date=7 September 2020|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=9 September 2020}}