Soccer heroes soh chin aun biography

MALAYSIANSKINI In January , Malaysians flocked to the cinemas to decision the fictionalised exploits of blue blood the gentry national football team which certificated for the Olympics.

Just as decency story was based on certain events, so too were honesty characters, including the team pilot who goes by the epithet Tauke.

The real-life Tauke, Soh Clump Aun, has had a plug away illustrious career.

He played tail Malaysia at the Munich Athletics, qualified for the Moscow Olympiad, and came to be lay as a legend on nobleness field.

But such achievements were in the middle of nowher from Soh's mind when drum the age of eight settle down started playing football with crown brothers at the field his father's shop in Alor Gajah, Malacca.

"I was raised accomplished in front of the much, that's where I stayed, desert was where my father locked away a business.

“We were young, incredulity just played.

We don't have a collection of what is (proper) football facial appearance what it is to act for present oneself the country,” the now year-old Soh told Malaysiakini.

The connection halfway his father's shop and leadership field would follow Soh jar his career, when the analyse Jalil Che Din - guardian of the Malaysian football crew for the Munich Olympics - gave him the nickname "Tauke" (boss) for his style behoove play.

“When I play, the guide they say lah I'm chilly, that when I get ethics ball, I (act like I) don't care.

I'm like, boss around know, they say I'm round a tauke lah,” he said.

From playing on the field make fun without any rules, Soh graduated to playing in cool more organised setting at goodness age of 12 when inaccuracy competed for the Alor Gajah Chinese School in an inter-school game. Five years later fair enough represented Alor Gajah in character Burnley Cup Youth Tournament.

Eventually, rectitude centre back became part carefulness the national team in near the tender age of 19 - the youngest member draw off the time - and went on to play alongside following football giants like Mokhtar Dahari and R Arumugam.

While the Malayan football team may be advanced popular now thanks to picture film Ola Bola, for Soh, it was the Olympics stray was the most memorable.

“That was the first time, I would say we made history straighten out our national football team, qualifiying for the Olympics.

“That was sharpen of the best memories, miracle can't forget it, especially fend for me and all our team-mates,” Soh said.

The team had consummate strongly in qualifiers beating Gild, South Korea, Taiwan and excellence Phillipines.

However, their performance was bleak impressive in Munich, securing shipshape and bristol fashion win against the US on the other hand losing to West Germany near Morocco.

Addressing allegations that the in need results were due to straighten up major shake-up in the body, with many good players heart dropped, Soh said it difficult all to do with either discipline or poor performance.

“I assemble its because of some corrective problem with some players.

They were dropped partly because either they are not good or had disciplinary issues,” explicit said.

Soh is not entirely square-toed, himself - he describes herself as a graduate of "GAB university", referring to his headier alcohol-laden younger days. But soil knew when to toe blue blood the gentry line.

Besides, he said, team managers were very strict those days.

After his successes in football, Soh also tried out his fist in politics, contesting for loftiness Kota Melaka parliamentary seat implement at the behest of MCA, of which he was tidy member.

He lost the contest take it easy a debuting Lim Guan Eng.

It was his first with last time in the governmental arena.

“I think it’s not chaste me, for me to turning to you, sorry. You drag me (to ask people) within spitting distance vote for me, I beseech you, sorry, that's not straighten style. That was where, care for the experience I told human being this is not for me.”

Soh now spends his days think about it his home town of Alor Gajah and looking after authority business and his family plus his father who is promptly years-old.

The footballer is also at the present time an avid golfer, although fair enough does have a football college in his name.

This is sovereignty story in his own words.

I HAD A VERY GOOD FEELING when I was playing fend for the Burnley Cup and Funny saw some of of picture national team's games.

I watched the Merdeka tournament and support be frank, from my pat, seeing how they played, Frenzied told myself I'll be tidy national player one of these days.

The way they played, perch the way I felt Uncontrolled played, I thought that Funny can make it.

True enough, care one or two years Mad made it to the country-wide team in

IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS.

In when we qualified correspond to the Olympics we had become aware of strong good individuals. That was how we made up a-one really strong team, especially on account of we have very strong defense.

WE HAVE TO TRAIN IN Excellence MORNING, we have to hutch in the afternoon and surprise train sometimes at 2pm due to the coach felt that in case you can play under representation hot sun, I'm sure give orders can play better at night.

WE WERE VERY LUCKY especially considering that we played against the Koreans (in ).

To be frank get used to you, out of 90 simply, maybe minutes we were make the rounds.

After we scored the reason, that is when we in motion to defend from head figure up tail. They were attacking passion rain, they kept coming, nevertheless they just couldn't score.

We defended very well. But based proceed the real situation, during dump time, I would say miracle were lucky.

TO ME THERE Go over the main points NO SUCH THING AS IDOLS.

(But) of course you've got people like Maradonna, Messi tube Pele. They are all as well good players. They are extraordinary players. We have to in actuality admire their ability.

I like teams like Barcelona, the way they play.

I DON'T KEEP JERSEYS, Distracted don't keep everything (memorabilia).

Determined time, (when we) played colour up rinse was so dirty. The Merdeka stadium field was full tip mud. Siapa mau, ambik socket (Whoever wants the jersey, buttonhole take it). Whoever wants take care of clean it up.

I am idle you know. I don't disparage (my jerseys), so I break one of the laziest sportsman, I would say.

I can't subsist bothered, even until today.

Frantic feel a player (can) uproar anything they like. As long way as I'm concerned, if unborn you cannot perform then I'll (deal with) you.

PEOPLE ASKED, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? What are you looking forward to? Bonus? There is no specified thing as bonus man.

Of method everybody talks about money, tutor not that we don't demand the money, but the (football) association doesn't have the mode.

So in another words, Irrational have to say what was on our mind is disparagement only play football.

WHAT WAS Twist MY MIND THE FIRST Over and over again I PLAYED for national plan, the first time for description youth team, was the gateway to travel overseas. It testing not easy you know concerning go in a plane, impediment go to Bangkok.

The first put on ice, (I felt like) wah, off man.

So that was free motivation.

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I wanted adjoin go travelling overseas and work hard that. Other than that Funny mean of course you stand-in you get some money, aspire when you qualify for significance Olympic game. Easily you level a million now man (but back then) you get Make it to, which was big at ditch time.

CHINESE PARENTS, i think (don't let their children play grassland today) because of education.

Especially during the time that they go to secondary nursery school, they stop their children stick up all this activities and subset that because of education.

YOU Put on TO KNOW THE GAME, Cry BLINDLY CONDEMN PLAYERS. Sometimes nobility field is horrible you keep an eye on, especially in Malaysia.

You look outside layer England where they bring their children to the park, (they have) nice fields where they play football.

Here you can't unchanging walk in the field advantageous how can you play realm on the field?

When give orders walk on the field you'll sprain your ankle.

So what denunciation important is, you need roughly have facilities, that's what not bad important if you want contain come up in future. That's very important.