Soetjipto Soentoro

Soetjipto Soentoro

Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-06-16)16 June 1941
Place of birth	Bandung, Indonesia
Date of death	12 November 1994(1994-11-12) (aged 53)
Place of death	Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Second forward
Youth career
1954–1955	IPPI Kebayoran
1955–1964	Setia Jakarta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1968, 1971	Persija Jakarta	32	(35)
1969-1970	PSMS Medan
International career
1959–1960	Indonesia U-19	9	(14)
1965–1970	Indonesia	61	(37)
Managerial career
	Buana Putra Galatama
	Persiba Balikpapan
	Persiraja Banda Aceh
1978–1979	Indonesia U-19s
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Soetjipto Soentoro (16 June 1941 – 12 November 1994), commonly known as "Gareng", was an Indonesian footballer who captained Indonesia's national team.

Biography

Born in

At 16 years old, Soentoro joined Persija where he was given his nickname "Gareng", after a diminutive character in Indonesia's Wayang, due his short stature.

Club career

In his debut, Soentoro scored four goals in a 7–0 against

During the newly formatted 1964-65 Perserikatan, Persija failed to defend their title, losing in the semi-final despite Soentoro scoring in their first leg victory over Persebaya.^{[clarification needed]} They would go on to lose the second leg 4-2 and be eliminated as a result.^[2]

In the 1965-66 Perserikatan, Persija finished forth in the West Zone with Soetjipto scoring three times in his five appearances.

Persija fared better in the 1966-67 Perserikatan, finishing third in the Western Group with Soetjipto scoring five goals in his five appearances.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1969-71 Perserikatan, Soetjipto scored two goals in his three appearances.

National team career

Junior team

In the 1960 AFC Youth Championship, Soetjipto Soentoro scored five goals to lead Indonesia to a third place finish, scoring his first against Singapore in the first minute. His performance at the tournament led him to receive his first senior call-up.

Senior team

In 1965, Indonesia travelled to Europe to play two powerhouses of European football, Feyenoord, of the Netherlands and SV Werder Bremen, of Germany.

Despite

Soetjipto scored nine goals at the 1968 Merdeka Tournament and helped Indonesia win the 1968 King's Cup with seven goals in five games followed by victory in the 1969 Merdeka Tournament with another eleven goals from Soetjipto.^[5]

At the 1970 Asian Games, Soetjipto only managed one goal in their match against Iran. Following the tournament he announced his retirement.

Managerial career

Initially Soetjipto joined Bank Negara Indonesia before choosing to study coaching in West Germany in 1978 and eventually coaching Buana Putra, Persiba Balikpapan and Persiraja Banda Aceh.

Soetjipto also managed the

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Soentoro goal.[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 April 1965	Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	3–0	5–0	Friendly
2				4–0
3	14 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand	Republic of China	1–0	3–1	1966 Asian Games
4	15 December 1966	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma	1–0	2–2
5	27 July 1967	Taipei, Republic of China	South Korea	1–1	1–1	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6	3 August 1967	Taipei, Republic of China	Republic of China	1–1	2–3
7				2–3
8	5 August 1967	Taipei, Republic of China	Japan	1–0	1–2
9	7 August 1967	Taipei, Republic of China	Philippines	2–0	6–0
10				3–0
11	22 January 1968	Ipoh, Malaysia	Singapore	3–1	4–1	1967 Merdeka Tournament
12	22 January 1968	Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok , Thailand	Iraq	1–0	1–1	1968 Summer Olympics qualification
13	15 August 1968	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia	Singapore	1–0	4–0	1968 Merdeka Tournament
14				4–0
15	18 August 1968	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia	Republic of China	1–0	10–1
16				3–0
17				8–1
18	24 November 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma	1–1	3–1	1968 King's Cup
19	26 November 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	Singapore	2–0	7–0
20				3–0
21				4–0
22	28 November 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	2–0	6–1
23				4–1
24				5–1
25	2 December 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma	1–0	1–0
26	7 November 1969	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	4–0	9–2	1969 Merdeka Tournament
27				8–2
28				9–2
29	9 November 1969	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	2–2	3–2
30	26 November 1969	Bangkok, Thailand	Laos	2–0	3–1	1969 King's Cup
31				3–0
32	1 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	1–0	3–1	1970 Merdeka Tournament
33				2–0
34	10 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	6–3
35				2–1
36	13 November 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Cambodia	1–0	2–4	1970 King's Cup
37	10 December 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran	1–1	2–2	1970 Asian Games

Honours

Persija Jakarta

• Perserikatan: 1964

Indonesia

• Merdeka Tournament: 1969
• King's Cup: 1968

• Merdeka Tournament Top Scorer: 1969
• King's Cup Top Scorer: 1968
• Galatama Top Scorer: 1964
• AFC Asian All Stars: 1967, 1968 ^[7]
• IFFHS Men’s All Time Indonesia Dream Team: 2022^[8]