Timo Scheunemann

Timo Scheunemann
Personal information
Full name	Timo Scheunemann
Date of birth	29 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Kediri, East Java, Indonesia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	The Master's College
1997	Persiba Balikpapan
1998	Tampines Rovers
Total
Managerial career
2000–2010	Wesley International School
2000	Malang Football Club
2007	Persikoba Batu (technical director)
2008–2009	Indonesia (women)
2010–2011	Persema Malang
2017	Persiba Balikpapan
2022–	Nusantara United (technical director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Timo Scheunemann (born 29 November 1973 in Kediri, East Java) is an Indonesian-German youth football coach and manager.^[1] He is also a former professional football forward. He used to play professionally in Indonesia's Liga Indonesia and Singapore's S-League. He also used to manage both Indonesia women's national football team and Persema Malang. He manage Indonesian U-12 team in Danone Nations Cup 2012 and 2013. He lastly managed Persiba Balikpapan.

Personal life

Coach Timo, as he is affectionately known, lived in City of Batu, Malang Regency. He married with Devi Scheunemann and has two kids, Shania Cinta Scheunemann and Brandon Marsel Scheunemann. A German national, he is a native speaker of German he also speaks Indonesian and Javanese fluently, because he was born and grew up in Indonesia.^{[citation needed]} He holds a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from The Master's University.

As a player, he starts his career in US collegiate system with The Master's College in NCCAA division I in 1993. Upon graduation in 1997, he played for Persiba Balikpapan, as their first foreign player ever. After a year, he continues to play in S-League with Tampines Rovers. By the end of the year 1998, he was invited for trials at Eintracht Frankfurt, Stuttgarter Kickers (in Germany) and Gillingham in England. After finishing his playing career, he starts coaching in Wesley International School and Malang Football Club, both in Malang. In 2007, he was appointed as technical director of Persikoba Batu. After that, he was asked to control Indonesia women's national football team for SEA Games 2009. In 2010, he was appointed as a manager for Persema Malang. He is responsible for the Irfan Bachdim's decision to take up Indonesian citizenship and playing for both Persema and Indonesia national football team. He played Lieutenant Colonel Hoogeband in the Indonesian film Soekarno: Indonesia Merdeka.

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