Yura Indera Putera Yunos Explained

Yura Indera Putera
Fullname:Pengiran Yura Indera Putera bin Pengiran Yunos
Birth Date:25 March 1996[1]
Birth Place:Brunei
Height:1.83m (06feet)
Position:Centre-back, Midfielder
Currentclub:DPMM FC
Clubnumber:23
Youthyears1:2010–2012
Youthclubs1:PIP
Years1:2012
Clubs1:BIBD SRC
Years2:2014
Clubs2:Majra
Years3:2015–
Caps3:105
Goals3:3
Clubs3:DPMM
Nationalyears1:2011–2014
Nationalteam1:Brunei U18
Nationalyears2:2013–2014
Nationalcaps2:8
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalteam2:Brunei U19
Nationalyears3:2013–2017
Nationalcaps3:9
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalteam3:Brunei U23
Nationalyears4:2014–2018
Nationalcaps4:6
Nationalgoals4:1
Nationalteam4:Brunei U21
Nationalyears5:2014–
Nationalcaps5:21
Nationalgoals5:0
Nationalteam5:Brunei
Club-Update:12 August 2024
Ntupdate:11 June 2024

Pengiran Yura Indera Putera bin Pengiran Yunos (born 25 March 1996) is a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for DPMM FC and the Brunei national team.[2]

Club career

Yura is a graduate of local grassroots football development scheme Projek Ikan Pusu (PIP) that has won many youth tournaments since its creation in 2001.[3] [4] He had a stint in the Bruneian leagues in 2012, lacing up for BIBD SRC in the Brunei National Football League, the precursor to the first season of the Brunei Super League.[5]

Yura joined Majra FC for the 2014 season.[6] His Majra career ended just 9 matches into the season after his club abruptly pulled out of the ongoing league.[7]

Yura was selected to join Brunei's sole professional club DPMM FC at the start of 2015, alongside Khairul Anwar Abdul Rahim, Reduan Petara and Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir.[8] He made 9 appearances for DPMM in the 2015 S.League, mostly as a substitute. From the beginning of the 2016 season, Yura was converted into a central defender by Steve Kean partly due to the departure of Boris Raspudić and also to give him more playing time.[9]

Yura scored his first goal for DPMM on 5 August 2016 at home against Albirex Niigata (S), a last-minute winner against the expatriate Japanese side.[10]

After three fruitful seasons under Kean, new Brazilian coach Renê Weber preferred to play a returning Abdul Aziz Tamit instead, restricting Yura to just eight appearances in the 2018 season. Nevertheless, under Adrian Pennock the following year, Yura managed to regain his starting place alongside Charlie Clough and Nur Ikhwan Othman in a back three formation. DPMM would then record the joint best defensive record of the league, emerging as champions by the time the league ended in September.[11]

DPMM played domestically from 2020 to 2022 due to restrictions imposed by Brunei as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] They competed in the 2022 Brunei FA Cup where Yura gained his first Brunei FA Cup winner's medal after winning the final 2–1 against Kasuka FC on 4 December.[13]

DPMM returned to the Singapore Premier League starting from the 2023 season. In the match against Balestier Khalsa on 10 March, he was sent off for violent conduct in the 55th minute, making Balestier rally from two goals down to win 3–4. On the 31st of the same month, he scored a volley from outside the box against Hougang United in a 0–3 win.

In the first match for DPMM of the 2024–25 season on 11 May 2024, Yura scored the winner in a 1–2 win over Young Lions at Jalan Besar Stadium.[14]

International career

Youth international teams

Yura regularly appeared for Brunei at under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels even before his senior international debut in 2014. His first international tournament was the September 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship held in Indonesia where he started all of Brunei U19's five matches. Two months later, he joined the SEA Games contingent of Brunei for its 27th edition in Myanmar. He started the second and third games against Malaysia and Singapore respectively as Brunei U23 lost all their games in the football tournament.

Yura's next tournament was the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification with the under-19s. Brunei placed bottom with three losses in their qualifying group that included North Korea, Thailand and Singapore. He was in the 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy squad for the defense of the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy which Brunei U21 won in 2012 and played three games out of five.[15]

Yura was back with the U23s in 2015 for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification held in March of that year and also the 28th SEA Games in Singapore. He played 6 games in total, losing in every game.

Yura was called back to the under-21 side for the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy held in April and May, as an overage player as he was a few months over the age limit. Playing in central defence for the tournament, he scored a last-minute winner against Thailand in the second match.[16]

Full national team

Yura was selected for the Skuad Tabuan to compete in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches held in Laos in October 2014.[17] With the team composed largely of Brunei DPMM FC players and led by its head coach Steve Kean, his future club coach started Yura for the crucial game against Myanmar in which they fell to a score of 1–3.[18] Yura kept his place for the final game against Cambodia, losing 0–1.[19]

Yura played for the national team at the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification matches held in Cambodia in October 2016, playing at centre-back to cover for Reduan Petara who was ruled out with injury.[20] He was sent off in the 88th minute for a professional foul on Tith Dina in the second fixture, a 0–3 loss against hosts Cambodia.[21]

Yura was one of 13 DPMM FC players to link up with the Brunei national team in early September 2018 for the AFF Suzuki Cup qualification matches of that year, against Timor-Leste.[22] He was deployed by Kwon Oh-son in central midfield in the first leg which finished 3–1 to Timor-Leste.[23] A reshuffling of tactics in the second leg saw Yura put on a commanding display at centre-back and resulted in a 1–0 shutout in favour of Brunei.[24] Nevertheless, Brunei failed to advance to the Suzuki Cup group stage with a 2–3 aggregate loss.

Yura accepted a callup to the national team to face Mongolia home and away at the 2022 World Cup qualification held in June 2019.[25] He was played in central midfield since several of his teammates pulled out of the Brunei selection.[26] Brunei lost the first leg 2–0 away from Bandar Seri Begawan and managed to win 2–1 for the return leg, but nevertheless another repeat aggregate defeat sent the Wasps out of both the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup.[27]

In September 2022, Yura returned to the national team and started both fixtures in a friendly tournament with the Maldives and Laos, recording one win and one loss for the Wasps.[28] Later in December of that year, he was selected for the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup to be held in the participants' respective countries, although Brunei had to play their home games in Kuala Lumpur due to renovation works at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium.[29] In the first group game against Thailand, Yura scored an own goal in the 88th minute of normal time, which finished 0–5.[30] He made three further appearances for the Wasps against the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia, all ending in heavy defeats.

In September 2023, Yura played in a friendly match away against Hong Kong that finished in a shock 10–0 loss.[31] The following month, he was the starting defender for the Wasps at the two-legged 2026 World Cup qualification matches against Indonesia.[32] Both matches ended 0–6 to the Garuda.[33]

Yura was played from the start in four friendly matches for Brunei in 2024, registering three wins and one defeat. One of those victories came against Sri Lanka on 11 June, where he was sent off for two bookable offences in the second half of the match.[34]

Honours

DPMM FC

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Result System: Athlete Profile. Kuala Lumpur 2017. 11 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Third training camp for Brunei. 25 November 2020. ASEAN Football Federation. 5 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Projek Ikan Pusu, the team to beat. 30 July 2010. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Hj Omar to focus on PIP. 4 February 2016. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Late strike denies BIBD SRC. 19 May 2012. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  6. Web site: 27 pemain Majra FC sertai Liga Super DST. 18 January 2014. Media Permata. 12 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Majra United pull out. 31 May 2014. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  8. Web site: DPMM FC set for Thai friendlies. 1 February 2016. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  9. Web site: Coach Kean attributes win to team effort. 13 May 2016. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  10. Web site: DPMM Leave It Late To Defeat Albirex. 5 August 2016. S.League. 8 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Champions DPMM FC hoist league title. 30 September 2019. Borneo Bulletin. 1 October 2019.
  12. Web site: DPMM FC TO COMPETE IN BRUNEI SUPER LEAGUE. 14 March 2021. BruSports News. 6 December 2022.
  13. Web site: DPMM FC sink Kasuka FC to win Brunei FA Cup. 5 December 2022. Borneo Bulletin. 6 December 2022.
  14. Web site: DPMM FC beat Young Lions 2-1 in SPL season opener. 12 May 2024. Borneo Bulletin. 13 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Battling Brunei crash out. 19 August 2014. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  16. Web site: Brunei edge Thailand in last-gasp win. 28 April 2018. Borneo Bulletin. 30 April 2018.
  17. Web site: Big test for trio of HBT players. 11 October 2014. The Brunei Times. 6 August 2024.
  18. Web site: Wasps fail to take flight against Myanmar. 17 October 2014. The Brunei Times. 12 May 2016.
  19. Web site: Cambodia vs. Brunei 1 - 0. Soccerway. 12 May 2016.
  20. Web site: Rosmin wants focus, concentration. 14 October 2016. The Brunei Times. 19 October 2016.
  21. Web site: Brunei Darussalam 0 Cambodia 3: Cambodia edge closer to qualification with thumping win. 18 October 2016. Asean Football Federation. 19 October 2016.
  22. Web site: Minister urges national team to make impact at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier. 30 August 2018. Borneo Bulletin. 3 September 2018.
  23. Web site: Timor Leste a step closer to reaching AFF Suzuki Cup. Fox Sports Asia. 2 September 2018. 3 September 2018.
  24. Web site: Timor-Leste pip Brunei for final AFF Suzuki Cup spot. ASEAN Football Federation. 8 September 2018. 11 September 2018.
  25. Web site: Brunei football team in China for training camp. 29 May 2019. Borneo Bulletin. 13 June 2019.
  26. Web site: Brunei national team set to miss nine key players. 4 June 2019. Borneo Bulletin. 13 June 2019.
  27. Web site: Brunei snatch 2-1 home win but miss out on second round of World Cup. 12 June 2019. Borneo Bulletin. 13 June 2019.
  28. Web site: Brunei beat Laos 1-0. 28 September 2022. Borneo Bulletin. 28 September 2022.
  29. Web site: National team in Malaysia for AFF preparations. 13 December 2022. Borneo Bulletin. 29 December 2022.
  30. Web site: Brunei lose to Thailand in AFF meet. 21 December 2022. Borneo Bulletin. 29 December 2022.
  31. Web site: Result: Hong Kong, China 10 - 0 Brunei. HKFA. 11 September 2023. 12 September 2023.
  32. fa.bruneidarussalam. 9 October 2023. CyLmRFKBmAI. Here’s the 25 players that will be representing Brunei Darussalam in the World Cup Qualifiers. 19 October 2023.
  33. Web site: NO HOME COMFORT FOR WASPS. 18 October 2023. BruSports News. 19 October 2023.
  34. Web site: WASPS HANG ON TO EDGE SRI LANKA. 11 June 2024. BruSports News. 12 June 2024.