Achmad Nawir
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Achmad Nawir | ||
| Date of birth | 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | April 1995 | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder (retired) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| HBS Soerabaja | ? | (?) | |
| National team | |||
| 1938 | Dutch East Indies | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Achmad Nawir (1911 – April 1995) was a Dutch East Indian doctor[1] and footballer. Nawir played for a local club HBS Soerabaja and also the Dutch East Indian national football team.
Career
He is noted for captaining the Dutch East Indian national team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, crashing out of the tournament in a 6–0 defeat to Hungary. Curiously, the other captain, Gyorgi Sarosi, had a doctorate degree, the same as Nawir. Nawir wore his studious glasses for the match. The Dutch East Indies automatically qualified for the tournament after their original opponents, Japan, withdrew from the qualifying round. He is the only player ever to wear glasses in the World Cup.[1] Nawir and most of his teammates only played in two international matches, one against Hungary in the World Cup and another against Netherlands, losing 9–2 in a friendly game just after the World Cup.[2] It was the last international match for Dutch East Indies, who became an independent nation Indonesia in 1945.
See also
References
| Preceded by - |
Indonesian Captain 1938 |
Succeeded by M.Sidhi |
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