Yura Indera Putera Yunos

Awangku Yura Indera Putera bin Pengiran Yunos (born 25 March 1996) is a Bruneian footballer who plays for DPMM FC and the Bruneian national team as a defender or midfielder. Described by his former coach Steve Kean as having "fantastic physical attributes", he is one of Brunei's most important footballing prospects, having made his national team debut at the age of 17.[2]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Yunos is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Yura Indera Putera.
Yura Indera Putera
Personal information
Full name Awangku Yura Indera Putera bin Pengiran Yunos
Date of birth (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Brunei
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 DPMM FC
Number 23
Youth career
2010–2012 PIP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 BIBD SRC
2014 Majra FC
2015– DPMM FC 71 (1)
National team‡
2011–2014 Brunei U18
2013–2014 Brunei U19 8 (0)
2013–2017 Brunei U23 9 (0)
2014–2018 Brunei U21 6 (1)
2014– Brunei 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2019

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 Nurikhwan 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]

International career

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.[12]

Yura was selected for the Skuad Tabuan to compete in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches held in Laos on October 2014. 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.[13] Yura kept his place for the final game against Cambodia, losing 0–1.[14]

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 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.[15] 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.[16]

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.[17]

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.[18] He was deployed by Kwon Oh-son in central midfield in the first leg which finished 3–1 to Timor-Leste.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] He was played in central midfield since several of his teammates pulled out of the Brunei selection.[22] 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.[23]

Honours
DPMM FC

References
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  17. "Brunei edge Thailand in last-gasp win". Borneo Bulletin. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  18. "Minister urges national team to make impact at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier". Borneo Bulletin. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  19. "Timor Leste a step closer to reaching AFF Suzuki Cup". Fox Sports Asia. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  20. "Timor-Leste pip Brunei for final AFF Suzuki Cup spot". ASEAN Football Federation. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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  22. "Brunei national team set to miss nine key players". Borneo Bulletin. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  23. "Brunei snatch 2-1 home win but miss out on second round of World Cup". Borneo Bulletin. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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