Hairuddin Bin Omar (born 29 September 1979) also known as Hai-O is a Malaysian former international football player. He spent most of his career as a forward but can also play as a

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Club career

Born and raised in

Setiu Setiu is one of the districts in Terengganu, Malaysia. This district is bordered by Besut to the north, Hulu Terengganu to the south, and on the east, Kuala Nerus District. Setiu is the second youngest and least populated district in Terenggan ...

, 70 kilometres from

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, Hairuddin began his football career with

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith" ...

and made his professional season debut playing for Terengganu in 1999. He helped his team win the Malaysia Cup in 2001. After 4 seasons playing for his hometown team he signed a contract with

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in 2003. Hairuddin was part of the Pahang team that won the 2004 Malaysia Super League title and later clinched the Malaysia FA Cup title in 2006. After 6 years spending his career with Pahang, Hairuddin returned to his hometown and signed a contract with a Kuala Terengganu-based football club, T-Team. During the Malaysia Cup campaign in 2009, he was loaned to Negeri Sembilan until the end of the Malaysia Cup campaign. On 7 November 2009, Negeri Sembilan secured the 2009 Malaysia Cup title in a 1–3 win over

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and scored 1 goal in that match. In 2010, Hairuddin signed a one-year contract with Kelantan. While playing for the team, he won the

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and scored 1 goal in a 2–1 win in the final against Negeri Sembilan on 30 October 2010 at the

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. After his contract with Kelantan ended, Hairuddin signed a one-year contract with Negeri Sembilan in 2011. He made 19 appearances and 4 goals in the league campaign. During the 2011 Malaysia Cup, Hairuddin scored 8 goals to claim the tournament's golden boot, including the winning goal in a 2–1 win over Terengganu in the final. That was Hairuddin's third straight Malaysia Cup title since 2009. In 2012, Hairuddin signed a contract with Malaysian Armed Forces for the 2012 Malaysia Premier League season and was appointed as the captain of the team. Hairuddin spent 4 years with the club before leaving for Terengganu in 2016. While playing for Armed Forces, Hairuddin led the team into winning the 2012 Malaysia Premier League title,

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title and won the

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in 2013. Hairuddin returned to Terengganu in 2016 after he refused to extend his contract with Armed Forces for another year. He signed a one-year contract with the team. In February 2017, Hairuddin announced his retirement at club and international level. On 4 January 2020, Hairuddin came out from his retirement to play for a social football club, U.C Viching. He provided an assist despite losing 3-1 in that match. Since 2013, Hairuddin is also the president of the

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International career

Hairuddin earned 54 caps, scoring 13 goals for the Malaysia national team from 2000 to 2009. He represented Malaysia at 3

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in 2002, 2007 and 2008,

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and also 2001 Southeast Asian Games and 2002 Asian Games for the national under 23 team. On 25 July 2003, Hairuddin earned the distinction of scoring Malaysia's solitary goal in the 4–1 defeat to

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, an invitational tournament in 2003. Then he out-jumped England international

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to nod the ball home off a swerving corner kick from his Terengganu teammate,

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, four minutes after

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had opened the scoring in the 36th minute. It was as a result of a well-worked set-piece the boys managed to translate into the game, giving the nation the first goal against an English opponent since Matlan Marjan's double against

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in 1991.

Managerial career

In August 2017, Hairuddin was appointed as the Malaysia national under-19 team assistant head coach working along with

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.Senarai 23 pemain ke Kejuaraan B-18 AFF 2017
Football Association of Malaysia, 9 September 2017

Career statistics

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Terengganu * Malaysia Cup: 2001 Pahang *

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: 2004 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2006 Negeri Sembilan * Malaysia Cup: 2009, 2011 Kelantan * Malaysia Cup: 2010 Angkatan Tentera Malaysia *

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International

Malaysia U-23 *

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: Silver 2001

References

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* * {{Malaysia Squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1979 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers 2007 AFC Asian Cup players People from Terengganu Kelantan FA players Terengganu FC players Negeri Sembilan FA players Sri Pahang FC players Terengganu F.C. II players ATM FA players Malaysia Super League players Association football forwards Association football midfielders Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia