Soh Chin Ann
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Soh Chin Ann | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Alor Gajah, Malacca, British Malaya | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Malacca FA | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1980 | Selangor FA | 345 | (5) |
1981–1983 | Malacca FA | 37 | (1) |
Total | 382 | (6) | |
International career | |||
1968–1988 | Malaysia | 114 | (8) |
Managerial career | |||
1989 | Malacca FA | ||
2007 | Malaysia U-23 | ||
2008–2009 | Malaysia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dato' Soh Chin Aun AMN DSIS DIMP (simplified Chinese: 苏进安; traditional Chinese: 蘇進安; pinyin: Sū Jìn'ān; born 28 July 1950) is a Malaysian national football player from Malacca alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari and R. Arumugam. He was affectionately known as Tauke or Towkay (English: Boss) by his teammates and fans.
In 1971, when he played in the Olympic qualifier in Seoul, South Korea, he was the youngest member of the national team at the age of 21. He participated in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and was the captain of the qualifying team to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Unfortunately Malaysia did not participate the 1980 Olympics. However, because of his contribution for helping Malaysia to qualify for 1980 Olympics, he was awarded Ahli Mangku Negara by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.[1]
His partnership with Santokh Singh was the most solid defence in the much-feared Malaysian team back then. He earned the nickname The 'god of war' for his commanding play. He retired from international football in 1985. In 1999, he became part of the AFC Century Club.[2]
He once tried to make it in politics by contesting to be the Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka representing Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) of Barisan Nasional (BN) in 1986 but he suffered a defeat of 17,606 votes to Lim Guan Eng of Democratic Action Party (DAP).[3]
He was appointed as the chairman of the referees’ committee on 13 March 2007. He was the manager of Malaysia national football team from 2007 until 2009.
Although not recognised internationally, his claims of 324 international appearances for his country make him arguably the most capped international player in the world.[4]
In 2016, he made a cameo appearance in Ola Bola as Chow Kok Keong, a character based on himself in the 1980 Moscow Olympics qualification campaign.
Election results
Year | Constituency | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1986 | Kota Melaka | Soh Chin Aun (MCA) | 16,967 | 32.92% | Lim Guan Eng (DAP) | 34,573 | 67.08% | 52,840 | 17,606 | 76.54% |
Honours
Club
- Selangor FA
- Winner(7): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
- Malacca FA
- Winner: 1983
International
- Winners: 1970
- Bronze Medal: 1974
Individual
Orders
- Malaysia :
- Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN)
- Selangor :
- Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS) - Dato'[6]
- Pahang :
- Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) - Dato'[7]
References
- Notes
- ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
- ^ a b http://chedinsphere.blogspot.com/2013/02/anugerah-kelab-satu-abad-afc-1999-11hb.html
- ^ a b "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ COMMITTED TO THE GAME - Dato' Soh Chin Aun on YouTube Retrieved at 8 May 2011
- ^ "AFC ANNOUNCES HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES". the-afc.com. The Asian Football Confederation. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin ketuai senarai". Fuad Hadinata Yaacob (in Malay). MyMetro. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Datukship for football legend Mokhtar Dahari". Utusan. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- Sources
- 1950 births
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian footballers
- Malaysia international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Malaysia
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- 1980 AFC Asian Cup players
- People from Malacca
- Living people
- Selangor FA players
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Members of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
- Asian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Malaysian sportsperson-politicians
- Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
- Malacca FA players
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in football
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Association footballers not categorized by position
- Malaysian football biography stubs