Soh Chin Aun

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 this Chinese name, the family name is Soh (苏).
Soh Chin Aun
蘇進安
Personal information
Full name Soh Chin Ann
Date of birth (1950-07-28) 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
1981–1983 Malacca FA
National team
1969–1984 Malaysia 250
Teams managed
1989 Malacca FA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

At the age of 19, Soh earned his full international caps for Malaysia in the 1969 King's Cup.[1] 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.[2]

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 1984 and made 250 international appearances (match including Olympic football tournament qualification and final round, against national 'B' football team, club side, and selection side).[3][4] Asian Football Confederation recognize his achievement and include him into AFC Century Club in February 1999.[5][6][7]

He was appointed as the chairman of the referees’ committee on 13 March 2007. He was the team manager (not head coach) of Malaysia national football team from 2007 until 2009.

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

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).[8]

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
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(4): 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979
Winners: 1970
Winners(2): 1977, 1979
Bronze Medal: 1974

Individual

Personal Honours and Awards

References
Notes
  1. The stars to watch. - New Nation, 21 February 1977.
  2. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  3. The player with the poise - Singapore Monitor - 2nd Edition, 24 October 1984.
  4. COMMITTED TO THE GAME - Dato' Soh Chin Aun on YouTube Retrieved at 8 May 2011
  5. 14 EX-INTERNATIONALS INDUCTED INTO AFC CENTURY CLUB - BERNAMA, 11 February 1999.
  6. National Library of Singapore.
  7. http://chedinsphere.blogspot.com/2013/02/anugerah-kelab-satu-abad-afc-1999-11hb.html
  8. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  9. "AFC ANNOUNCES HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES". the-afc.com. The Asian Football Confederation. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  10. "Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin ketuai senarai". Fuad Hadinata Yaacob (in Malay). MyMetro. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  11. "Datukship for football legend Mokhtar Dahari". Utusan. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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