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This is a Malay name; the name Hj Ali is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Dayem.

= Dayem Hj Ali = Dayem Hj Ali is Bruneian former national football player and head coach.

Dayem was a defender and midfielder for the Brunei team that played in the Malaysian leagues in the mid-70s. He is known to have a good partnership with Pengiran Tajuddin.

Football Education
In 1988, Dayem was enrolled at the International Sports Academy in Seeheim, West Germany and accomplished the INSA Higher Diploma Certificate, Advance Coaching Course in Football. In 2014 he passed his Asian Football Federation 'B' Coaching Course and in 2016 he received his Asian Football Federation 'A' Coaching Certificate. He and two others were the first three local coaches to have received such certification.

Managerial Career
After his playing career ended in 1984, he spent fourteen years (1984-1999) as Assistant Coach under the tutelage of nine Head Coaches (eight international coaches and one local coach). The coaches he assisted include Duncan McDowell (SCO), Idris Damit (BRU), Danny Bergara (URU), Oscar Amaro de Silva (BRA), Hussein Aljuneid (SIN). Mick Lyons (ENG), David Booth (ENG) and Mick Jones (ENG).

In 1999 Malaysian Cup campaign, with David Booth (and Mick Jones for the Final game), the Brunei team made history to win the Malaysia Cup for the first time in the nation's history. During the 2000 Malaysian League campaign, Dayem was dropped mysteriously. In 2011, he was appointed as the Head Coach for the national team participating in the 2011 Jakarta SEA Games, after the sanction on Brunei football was lifted. So far, he is the only local Head Coach to have recorded a win in the SEA Games Men's Football Category for the Brunei National team.

In 2013, he was appointed as Head Coach at the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD). As the Assistant Head Coach to the then NFABD's Technical Director Mike Wong (SIN), the Brunei National team made history as they beat Chinese Taipei 0-1 in a FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifying Round 1 match (Asia). The match was held in National Stadium Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei on 12th March 2015. In 2016, he was appointed as NFABD's Competitions Director and abruptly resigned in 2017.