Jacob Sihasale

Jacob Sihasale
Personal information
Date of birth	16 April 1944
Place of birth	Ambon, Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Date of death	7 July 1983 (aged 39)
Place of death	Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1958–1960	PSA Ambon
1961–1966	Assyabaab Surabaya
1967–1969	PSAD Kodam IX
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1970	Pardedetex Medan
1970–1975	Persebaya Surabaya
International career
1966–1974	Indonesia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacob Sihasale (16 April 1944 – 7 July 1983) was an Indonesian professional

Indonesian national team with 23 goals and is in the fifth place as the all-time most appearances

with 70 games.

Club career

Sihasale started playing football around 1958–1960, was selected as a PSA Ambon player. In 1961 he moved to Surabaya and joined the famous association, Assyabaab Surabaya, until 1966. Before moving to Medan, he played for 2 years for the PSAD Kodam IX association; then played for Pardedetex Medan, In 1970 he returned to Surabaya.

He succeeded in bringing Persebaya Surabaya to become runner up Perserikatan in 1971 and 1973. After losing to PSMS and Persija in the final respectively.

But unfortunately at the end of his career as a football player, he failed to bring Persebaya to the final round of the League after losing to Persija with a score of 2–0. Persija's goals at that time were scored by Iswadi Idris in the 68th minute and Risdianto in the 69th minute. But he also managed to score a goal in the match against PSBS which ended 1–1. He scored the opening goal in the 30th minute before Robby Binur equalized in the 73rd minute.

During his career as a footballer he has scored over 100 goals. After sustaining an injury to his leg in a friendly match between Persebaya and Ascot from Australia, at the end of 1975 in Surabaya, he retired from football.

International career

The peak of his achievements was reached between 1966 and 1974, when he represented the Indonesia national football team in various tournaments, including: 1968 King's Cup and 1969 King's Cup in Bangkok; 1968 Agha Khan Gold Cup in Pakistan; 1969 Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur.^[1]

In 1966, he was selected to be the Asian All Stars team together with Soetjipto Soentoro, Max Timisela, Iswadi Idris, and Abdul Kadir. They were the fastest quartet in Asia at that time.^[2]

He also brought

Indonesia beat Sri Lanka

with a score of 8–0. He scored three goals in that match.

**Jacob Sihasale: International goals**
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	17 August 1968	Ipoh, Malaysia	South Korea	4–2	Merdeka Tournament
2	21 August 1968	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Burma	1–2	1991 Southeast Asian Games
3	29 November 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	4–1	1992 Indonesian Independence Cup
4	29 November 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	7–1	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	3 November 1969	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	7–1	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6	7 November 1969	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	8–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	9 November 1969	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	8–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	19 November 1969	Bangkok, Thailand	Singapore	8–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	21 November 1969	Bangkok, Thailand	South Vietnam	6–0	1999 Southeast Asian Games
10	4 August 1970	Penang, Malaysia	Hong Kong	6–0	1999 Southeast Asian Games
11	4 August 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan	1–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
12	13 May 1971	Seoul, South Korea	Malaysia	1–5	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
13	11 August 1971	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Philippines	1–5	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
14	18 August 1971	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Taiwan	3–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
15	20 March 1972	Rangoon, Burma	Thailand	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
16	20 March 1972	Rangoon, Burma	Thailand	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
17	25 March 72	Rangoon, Burma	India	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18	11 June 1972	Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
19	11 June 1972	Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20	11 June 1972	Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
21	8 August 1972	Singapore	Khmer Republic	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
22	25 September 1972	Seoul, South Korea	Philippines	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
23	14 June 1973	Jakarta, Indonesia	Malaysia	9–2	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification