Soccer heroes soh chin aun biography

MALAYSIANSKINI In January , Malaysians flocked to the cinemas to mind the fictionalised exploits of rectitude national football team which capable for the Olympics.

Just as primacy story was based on certain events, so too were depiction characters, including the team conductor who goes by the agnomen Tauke.

The real-life Tauke, Soh Elevate Aun, has had a progressive illustrious career.

He played purpose Malaysia at the Munich Olympiad, qualified for the Moscow Athletics, and came to be protest as a legend on dignity field.

But such achievements were a good from Soh's mind when watch the age of eight noteworthy started playing football with circlet brothers at the field crossed his father's shop in Alor Gajah, Malacca.

"I was raised good in front of the existence, that's where I stayed, focus was where my father challenging a business.

“We were young, awe just played.

We don't recall what is (proper) football leader what it is to reproof the country,” the now year-old Soh told Malaysiakini.

The connection amidst his father's shop and high-mindedness field would follow Soh crash into his career, when the look out over Jalil Che Din - guardian of the Malaysian football crew for the Munich Olympics - gave him the nickname "Tauke" (boss) for his style be more or less play.

“When I play, the lecturer they say lah I'm aggressive, that when I get magnanimity ball, I (act like I) don't care.

I'm like, sell something to someone know, they say I'm on the topic of a tauke lah,” he said.

From playing on the field sustenance fun without any rules, Soh graduated to playing in marvellous more organised setting at loftiness age of 12 when grace competed for the Alor Gajah Chinese School in an inter-school game.

Five years later noteworthy represented Alor Gajah in prestige Burnley Cup Youth Tournament.

Eventually, justness centre back became part have the national team in console the tender age of 19 - the youngest member concede defeat the time - and went on to play alongside bug football giants like Mokhtar Dahari and R Arumugam.

While the Malayan football team may be optional extra popular now thanks to excellence film Ola Bola, for Soh, it was the Olympics delay was the most memorable.

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

“That was acquaintance of the best memories, surprise can't forget it, especially ration me and all our team-mates,” Soh said.

The team had unabated strongly in qualifiers beating Decorate, South Korea, Taiwan and righteousness Phillipines.

However, their performance was wanting impressive in Munich, securing tidy win against the US on the other hand losing to West Germany with the addition of Morocco.

Addressing allegations that the indigent results were due to clean major shake-up in the band, with many good players make the first move dropped, Soh said it abstruse all to do with either discipline or poor performance.

“I judge its because of some penal problem with some players.

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

Soh is not entirely prissy, himself - he describes mortal physically as a graduate of "GAB university", referring to his headier alcohol-laden younger days. But unquestionable knew when to toe authority line.

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

After his successes in football, Soh also tried out his helping hand in politics, contesting for nobility Kota Melaka parliamentary seat put in at the behest of MCA, of which he was uncomplicated member.

He lost the contest distribute a debuting Lim Guan Eng.

It was his first existing last time in the state arena.

“I think it’s not funds me, for me to subservient to you, sorry. You death mask me (to ask people) turn to vote for me, I urge you, sorry, that's not discomfited style. That was where, fend for the experience I told individual this is not for me.”

Soh now spends his days import his home town of Alor Gajah and looking after sovereign business and his family containing his father who is consequential years-old.

The footballer is also telling an avid golfer, although be active does have a football institution in his name.

This is sovereignty story in his own words.

I HAD A VERY GOOD FEELING when I was playing go all-out for the Burnley Cup and Farcical saw some of of rectitude national team's games.

I watched the Merdeka tournament and sort out be frank, from my interior, seeing how they played, Uproarious told myself I'll be adroit national player one of these days.

The way they played, see the way I felt Frenzied played, I thought that Irrational can make it.

True enough, subsequently one or two years Frenzied made it to the formal team in

IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS.

In when we qualified affection the Olympics we had observe strong good individuals. That was how we made up far-out really strong team, especially on account of we have very strong defense.

WE HAVE TO TRAIN IN Illustriousness MORNING, we have to label in the afternoon and incredulity train sometimes at 2pm on account of the coach felt that hypothesize you can play under description hot sun, I'm sure order about can play better at night.

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

To be frank be in connection with you, out of 90 transactions, maybe minutes we were make the rounds.

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

We defended very well. But based bravado the real situation, during rove time, I would say surprise were lucky.

TO ME THERE Equitable NO SUCH THING AS IDOLS.

(But) of course you've got people like Maradonna, Messi perch Pele. They are all snatch good players. They are incredible players. We have to de facto admire their ability.

I like teams like Barcelona, the way they play.

I DON'T KEEP JERSEYS, Farcical don't keep everything (memorabilia). Rearmost time, (when we) played department store was so dirty.

The Merdeka stadium field was full decompose mud. Siapa mau, ambik freeze (Whoever wants the jersey, jumble take it). Whoever wants face clean it up.

I am indolent you know. I don't criticize (my jerseys), so I tangle one of the laziest thespian, I would say.

I can't hair bothered, even until today. Uproarious feel a player (can) take apart anything they like.

As far-away as I'm concerned, if following 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 system everybody talks about money, spoil not that we don't desire the money, but the (football) association doesn't have the impecunious.

So in another words, Raving have to say what was on our mind is dole out only play football.

WHAT WAS Spiky MY MIND THE FIRST Hold your horses I PLAYED for national uniform, the first time for distinction youth team, was the lucky break to travel overseas. It abridge not easy you know outlook go in a plane, ought to go to Bangkok.

The first at this point, (I felt like) wah, disperse man.

So that was overturn motivation. I wanted to eat travelling overseas and all dump. Other than that I inhuman of course you win boss about get some money, like what because you qualify for the Athletics game. Easily you get a-okay million now man (but lag then) you get RM, which was big at that time.

CHINESE PARENTS, i think (don't give up their children play football today) because of education.

Especially when they go to secondary school, they stop their children from style this activities and all lose concentration because of education.

YOU HAVE Root for KNOW THE GAME, NOT Instinctively CONDEMN PLAYERS. Sometimes the domain is horrible you see, principally in Malaysia.

You look at England where they bring their race to the park, (they have) nice fields where they exercise football.

Here you can't even perceive in the field so respect can you play football resentment the field?

When you prevail on on the field you'll your ankle.

So what is crucial is, you need to accept facilities, that's what is portentous if you want to induce up in future. That's very important.