Ali Mustafa (footballer)
Mohammad Ali bin Haji Mustafa is a Bruneian former national football player and coach, who is currently head coach of Kasuka FC.
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Ali with Brunei in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Ali bin Haji Mustafa | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Brunei | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1999 | Brunei | ||
| International career | |||
| Brunei | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003 | Wijaya FC | ||
| 2004–2014 | QAF FC | ||
| 2006 | Brunei | ||
| 2009 | Brunei | ||
| 2015 | Brunei U15 | ||
| 2016 | Brunei U17 | ||
| 2016–2017 | Brunei (assistant coach) | ||
| 2018– | Kasuka FC | ||
| 2020 | Brunei | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 September 2020 | |||
Ali was a midfielder for the Bruneian representative team than played in the Malaysian leagues in the mid-90s. He served as backup to the likes of Said Abdullah, Rosli Liman and Rosaidi Kamis.
After earning his coaching badges, Ali became head coach of Wijaya FC in 2003, then QAF FC in 2004. His tenure lasted more than a decade until his team left the Brunei Super League in 2015, but not before lifting three straight titles from 2005-06 to 2009-10. He subsequently found work with Brunei's governing body of football, NFABD, as the coach of the national under-15s in 2015.
For the 2016 season, Ali coaches the Tabuan U17 team in the Brunei Premier League. They replaced the Tabuan U18s led by Kwon Oh-son which became Tabuan U21 in the Brunei Super League. He became assistant coach to Mike Wong in the full national team after the completion of the Premier League season.
In 2020, he was re-appointed as head coach of the Brunei national football team, while still coaching Kasuka FC at club level.