Soetjipto Soentoro

Soetjipto Soentoro

Soentoro in 1985
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	Persija Jakarta	32	(35)
1969-1970	PSMS Medan
1971	Persija Jakarta
International career
1959–1961	Indonesia U19	9	(14)
1965–1970	Indonesia	61	(37)
Managerial career
	Buana Putra Galatama
	Persiba Balikpapan
	Persiraja Banda Aceh
1978–1979	Indonesia U19
*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.

Born in Bandung, Jawa Barat, he was raised in a family of football enthusiasts - his brothers were Soegijo and Soegito, who played for Persija Jakarta between 1952 and 1964. Soetjipto played football as a teenager in the streets in the area of Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta in 1954. He came to the attention of Djamiat Dalhar when playing for Setia Jakarta (a Persija youth team) who subsequently called Soetjipto up to the national junior team.

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.

In his debut, Soentoro scored four goals in a 7–0 win against PSP Padang. He followed up that performance with a goal against PSB Bogor and an equalizer against PSM Makassar.^{[citation needed]} With four more goals against PSMS and a hat trick against Persib, Soentoro helped Persija reach the final which they won against Persebaya to become the 1964 Perserikatan champions. After an unbeaten season, Soentoro was confirmed as the top scorer having scored 16 goals in his debut season.^[1]

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.

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.

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

Despite Sukarno's words of motivation prior to their game against the Eredivisie champions Feyenoord, featuring Guus Hiddink, Indonesia lost 6–1 with Soentoro scoring in the second minute. He would follow this performance with a hat trick against Bundesliga champions Werder Bremen^[3] Bremen manager, Günter Brocker, offered Soentoro a chance to play for Werder Bremen but this was not sanctioned by Sukarno, especially as the squad was preparing for the 1966 Asian Games.^[4]

Soetjipto made his debut in international competitions at the 1966 Asian Games in Tokyo, scoring two goals as Indonesia reached the quarter-finals and followed that up at the 1966 Aga Khan Gold Cup with nine goals in four games including a goal in the final against Mohammedan SC, which Indonesia won 2–1.

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.

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 Indonesia under-19 during the 1978 AFC Youth Championship and 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. However his Indonesian side were unable to progress beyond the group stage after losing each of their games by five or more goals.

In 1990, Soetjipto suffered from liver cancer, after four years fighting against the illness, he died on 12 November 1994. He was 53 years old. He left two children, Bisma and Tantri.

As of 19 December 1970

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

List of international goals scored by Soetjipto Soentoro

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

Persija Jakarta

• Perserikatan: 1964

Indonesia U19

• AFC Youth Championship: 1961

Indonesia

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

Individual

• 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]