Soh Chin Aun

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Soh Chin Aun
Personal information
Date of birth	28 July,1949
Place of birth	Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970-1980 1981-1983	Selangor FA Malacca FA	? (?)
National team
1970-1985	Malaysia	200 (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 20, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Soh Chin Aun (also known as Tauke) was a legendary Malaysian national football player from Malacca alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari and R. Arumugam. 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. 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 once tried to make it in politics by contesting as a Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka in 1986 but he suffered a defeat of 17,606 votes to Lim Guan Eng. He was appointed as the chairman of the referees’ committee on 13 March 2007.He is currently the manager of Malaysia national team.

[edit] References

• Malaysian torchbearers of the Olympic Flame
• Profile Page at Selangorfc.com (Malay)