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Mohamad Najib bin Haji Tarif is a Bruneian professional
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who plays as a
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or defender for
DPMM Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club ( English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The club set to play ...
and the Brunei national team.


Club career

Starting out with the likes of NBT FC and AM Gunners of the
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, Najib's performances at the
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as team captain prompted a move from MS PDB to Brunei's only professional club, DPMM. After appearing only seven times in the 2015 season, Najib's club head coach
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advised him to switch to the left-back position for him to gain playing time (as he has done to
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and Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir). A season-ending injury to first-choice Sairol Sahari meant that he would be relied on much more heavily in
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. Najib became the starting left-back for DPMM's 2017 campaign which ended in a disappointing 8th place, leading to the dismissal of coach
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. He was back on the sidelines with the arrival of Suhaimi Anak Sulau in the following season. Najib regained his place at the start of the 2019 campaign under
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. He was rotated with
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for the position on the left of Pennock's 3-5-2 formation, becoming the starter towards the second half of the season. He became
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champion with DPMM by September of that year. Despite playing in the occasional advanced left-sided role for DPMM, Najib's first league goal for the club did not come until 4 July 2021 when he scored one of the 15 unanswered goals against Rimba Star FC in the
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. In 2022, DPMM competed domestically at the
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, managing to advance to the final of the competition with Najib appearing regularly at the left side of the lineup. On 4 December, DPMM overcame
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2–1 in the final, handing them their second ever
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trophy. In the fifth minute of the
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fixture against
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on 2 November 2024, Najib suffered a head injury that required medical assistance after a mid-air collision with an opposition player.


International career

Najib has played for Brunei Under-21 since 2005, and is the only player to have played in 4 Hassanal Bolkiah tournaments, winning the trophy in 2012. He regards his injury-time free-kick against
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in that year's opening match as the best goal he has ever scored. Najib scored in Brunei Under-23's first match against
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at the 2011 SEA Games football tournament, but the team lost 1–2. He then played in all five matches as Brunei finished fifth in their group. Najib's full international debut for the
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came in the
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held in the
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where he played in all three games. He was also ever-present for Brunei's
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qualifying campaigns in
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. For the 2016 edition he was deployed at left-back, but did not finish the game due to injury which would keep him out of the rest of the games. Najib was in the list for the
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but initially did not travel with the rest of the squad. Nevertheless, he recovered and made the starting lineup for the opening match, and kept his place at left-back for the whole tournament as Brunei finished in fourth place. Najib linked up with the Brunei national team for the two-legged 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches against
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in early September 2018. He started the first leg at left-back in a 3–1 loss on 1 September in
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. He kept his place in a more advanced role on the return leg at
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a week later and scored the only goal of the game. His winning goal gave Brunei their first ever home win for an international game, but the scoreline was not enough to qualify for the Suzuki Cup competition proper. In June 2019, Najib was due to link up with the national team for the 2022 World Cup qualification matches against
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, but pulled himself out of contention. Najib played in three friendly games for Brunei in 2022, against
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away in May and against both the Maldives and
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home in October. He also played in both matches of the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup qualifying against
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, where the Wasps prevailed 6–3 on aggregate to qualify for the regional tournament for the first time in 26 years. In the group stage, he played twice against powerhouses
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and
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, both resulting in losses for Brunei. Although named in the 25-man Brunei squad for the 2026 World Cup qualification matches against
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in October 2023, as well as featuring in previous friendly matches in the year, Najib was left out of the matchday squad in both games. He was restored in the national team setup in June 2024 when the team was made up of almost entirely
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and led by their current head coach
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against
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for two matches. He was fielded in both games as the Wasps claimed a double victory over the Lankans. Under caretaker coach
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, Najib was selected for both the
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for the third round of the 2027 Asian Cup qualification and the
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. He managed two starts against
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for the latter assignment in October which finished 0–1 in aggregate to the opponents.


International goals

:''Scores and results list Brunei's goal tally first.''


Honours


Team

;NBT FC * B-League Premier Two: 2004 ;DPMM FC * S.League:
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International

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Individual

* Meritorious Service Medal (PJK; 2012) * General Service Medal (Police)


Personal life

Najib has nine siblings, one of which is Na'im Tarif who plays for the same club.


References


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Najib Tarif 1988 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Bruneian police officers Men's association football midfielders Bruneian men's footballers Brunei men's international footballers DPMM FC players Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for Brunei Brunei Super League players Singapore Premier League players