Ahmad Yunus bin Mohd Alif (born 27 May 1958 in

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" ...

) or better known as Yunus Alif is a former

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n football player. He is currently the head coach of

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club Real Mulia F.C. As a player, he spent the majority of his career as a striker for

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in its golden era of the 1980s. He was a member of the

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Career

As player

He played for

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and

, winning the 1983 Malaysia Cup with Pahang. Yunus was also a fixture in the

in the 80's. He won the league Agatas Golden Boot in 1984.

As a coach

After his playing career, Yunus stayed with

and started his coaching career as assistant coach to Tajuddin Nor in 1991. When Tajuddin were promoted to team manager in 1995, Yunus was appointed as head coach replacing Tajuddin. He guided Pahang to Malaysia Cup finals in 1995 and 1997, though both times they ended up as runners-up to Selangor FA. Pahang also won the 1995

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title, and runners-up in the 1995 Malaysia FA Cup final with Yunus at the helm. He was appointed as head coach of

in 1998, replacing

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who was appointed as new head coach of

. With Terengganu, Yunus won the 2000 Malaysia FA Cup after being runners-up a year before. Later he returned to Pahang for two seasons, also taking the job as team manager, before taking the

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helm as head coach in 2004. After only one season with Penang, he returned to Terengganu, where he held the head coach job for four years until the end of 2008. In 2009, he was appointed the head coach of club side

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in what was to be the final season of the club in the Malaysia league. In April 2010, he was appointed the new head coach of

Perlis FA Perlis FA State Football Team ( ms, Pasukan Bola Sepak Negeri Perlis), also known as Perlis FA, is a football team based in Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia which is run and managed by the Perlis Football Association (PFA). The team was founded in 19 ...

, replacing Muhammad Nidzam Adzha. Yunus returned to Terengganu when club side

PBDKT T-Team FC Terengganu Football Club II ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Terengganu II) is a professional football club based in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. The club currently plays in the Malaysia Premier League, the second division of the Malaysian Leag ...

appointed him as head coach in 2011. After ending his contract with T-Team in 2012, he returned to

as head coach for the 2013 Malaysia Premier League campaign. Yunus moved again after the season ended, this time to 2014 Malaysia Premier League newcomers PBAPP FC.

Personal

His brothers Abdah Alif and Najib Alif were also footballers, with Abdah also played with Malaysia.

References

External links

Last crack for Yunus

Yunus Alif profile at Goal.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yunus Alif 1958 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Perlis FA managers Malaysian football managers Malaysian footballers Malaysia international footballers Sri Pahang FC players Terengganu FC players People from Terengganu Sri Pahang FC managers Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Association football forwards Competitors at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games