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Soetjipto Soentoro
	Soentoro in 1985
Personal information
Date of birth	16 June 1941
Place of birth	Bandung, Indonesia
Date of death	12 November 1994 (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
1964–1968	Persija Jakarta
1969-1970	PSMS Medan
1971	Persija Jakarta
International career
1959–1961	Indonesia U19
1965–1970	Indonesia
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.

Early life

Born in Bandung, Jawa Barat, he was raised in a family of football enthusiasts. His brothers, Soegijo and Soegito, were 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.

Club career

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Death

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.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Persija	1964	8	16
	1965	7	5
	1966	5	3
	1967	5	5
	1969	??	??
	1971	7	6
Total		32	35

International

National Team	Season
National Team	Season	Apps	Goals
Indonesia	1965	6	2
	1966	5	2
	1967	9	7
	1968	15	14
	1969	8	6
	1970	18	6
Total Career		61	37

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	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	3–0	5–0	Friendly
2	29 April 1965	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sri Lanka	4–0	5–0	Friendly
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	1966 Asian Games
5	27 July 1967	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	South Korea	1–1	1–1	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6	3 August 1967	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	Republic of China	1–1	2–3
7	3 August 1967	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	Republic of China	2–3	2–3
8	5 August 1967	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	Japan	1–0	1–2
9	7 August 1967	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	Philippines	2–0	6–0
10	7 August 1967	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	Philippines	3–0	6–0
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	15 August 1968	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	4–0	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	26 November 1969	Bangkok, Thailand	Laos	3–0	3–1	1969 King's Cup
32	1 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	1–0	3–1	1970 Merdeka Tournament
33	1 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	2–0	3–1
34	10 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	6–3
35	10 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	2–1	6–3
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