Sairol bin Haji Sahari (born 9 April 1983) 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 ...

an retired

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who played as a defender. He is currently an assistant coach at

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Club career

Sairol began his career as a young left-sided midfielder for the Brunei team which played in the Malaysian league system. After leaving the country's representative side in 2004, he helped NBT FC gain promotion to the domestic top flight, serving as captain. He moved to

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...

in 2006 when the club had entered the

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in Brunei FA's place. He was sent on loan to

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in 2010 while DPMM was prevented from playing in the S.League due to a FIFA suspension of Brunei. On 25 April 2016, Sairol suffered an

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in training and was absent for the remaining

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season. Sairol has since joined

as assistant coach for the 2017 Brunei Super League, with a view to returning to action in the next year. He registered as a player for Kasuka for the 2018-19 season and has impressed since, scoring against Najip-BAKES and

. Sairol led Kasuka all the way to the final of the

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where they were beaten by his former club

2–1 on 4 December. That was to be his final game of his illustrious career.

International career

Still 18 years of age, Sairol was chosen to represent

at the

2001 SEA Games The 2001 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 21st Southeast Asian Games, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the fifth time that Malaysia plays as SEA Games hosts, the country previous ...

held in

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, and made his sole appearance against the hosts and only lasting about half-an-hour. Sairol then played for the under-21s at the

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and 2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. Sairol made his international debut for the

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in 2008 (he was an unused substitute in the 2004 Asian Cup qualifying matches), when his club side DPMM was sent as the nation's representatives at the

2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification The 2008 AFF Championship qualification was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 17 to 25 October 2008 for the five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams play in a round-robin tournament format and the top two teams of the group qualify f ...

held in

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. Brunei failed to qualify after one win and one draw. He was picked for the next two qualification rounds in

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and

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. In May 2019 Sairol was recalled to the national team by Robbie Servais for the two-legged 2022 World Cup qualification games, five years since his last involvement with the Wasps. He was appointed captain of the team and started at centre-back for both home and away against

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. Brunei were beaten 2–3 on aggregate and thus failed to qualify to the next round.

Honours

Team

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

Runner-Up,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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(3):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sairol Sahari 1983 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Men's association football defenders Bruneian men's footballers Brunei men's international footballers DPMM FC players Indera SC players Kasuka FC players Brunei (Liga Premier team) players Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for Brunei Brunei Super League players Singapore Premier League players