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Mohammad Baharin bin Hamidon (born 8 November 1987) is a

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who plays for

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as a

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Club career

From 2008 to 2021, Baharin played at the highest division in Bruneian football for the football team of the

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' sports club,

. He has won four league titles, six FA Cups and two Super Cups with the Armymen. Baharin scored in the final of the 2014–15 FA Cup and repeated his feat in 2016. Baharin returned to the side after a few years away serving for

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for the

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and subsequently became the club captain.

International career

Due to consistent performances with his club, Baharin was selected to play for the

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at the

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held in

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, having been on standby for the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches. He made two substitute appearances in

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, the first in a 4–0 win over

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on 2 November. After returning for

with impressive performances, Baharin was selected for the away friendly fixture against

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on 15 November 2024. He did not take the field in a 11–0 loss.

Honours

;MS ABDB *

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(4):

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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(6): 2007–08, 2010, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015, 2016

References

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* * 1987 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Bruneian people of Chinese descent Men's association football midfielders Bruneian military personnel Bruneian men's footballers Brunei men's international footballers Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council players Brunei Super League players {{Brunei-footy-bio-stub