Riwandi bin Wahit (born 6 March 1981) is a

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

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who last played as a striker for Najip FC of the

Brunei Super League The Brunei Super League ( abbr: BSL; – LSB) is a professional league for men's association football in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. It is at the top tier of the Bruneian football league system, and it is managed by the Football As ...

. He previously played for

QAF FC QAF FC is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club won the Brunei League in 2006 when the DPMM FC had to withdraw because they play in the Malaysian Premier League, thus the QAF FC won the title. Their captain ...

for more than a decade. Riwandi began his career with the Bruneian representative team playing in the Malaysian league system, starting in 1999 with the team that won the

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that year. He moved to Brunei's domestic league with newly formed

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, entering the B-League in its second season. Appointed as captain in 2006, his last season with the club came in 2014, from whereafter the club decided not to remain playing in the

. By that time, he had won the league three times and the

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twice.

International career

Riwandi made his international debut for

on 6 August 1999, coming on as a substitute in a 0–2 loss to

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in the third group game at the

1999 SEA Games The 1999 SEA Games (), officially known as the 20th SEA Games and commonly known as Brunei Darussalam 1999, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. This was the first time Brunei hosted the Southeast Asian ...

held in his home country. He made a total of 13 appearances for the Wasps, captaining Brunei for the three occasions that his club side QAF FC was representing the national team.

International goals

Honours

Team

;Brunei M-League Team *

: 1999 ;QAF FC *

Brunei Premier League The Brunei Premier League () is the second tier of the football pyramid of Brunei. It was Brunei's top-tier football league until 2012, when the Brunei Super League was created. The Premier League falls under the management of the National Footba ...

(3): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10 *

(2): 2008, 2009

Individual

* Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (1999)

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References

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