Choo Seng Quee Singaporean footballer

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Choo Seng Quee, Joseph, PBM (Chinese: 朱成贵; pinyin: Zhū Chéngguì;[5] 1 December 1914 – 30 June 1983), popularly known as Uncle Choo,[6] was a Singaporean footballer and football coach. He was coach of the Indonesia, Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore national teams. He is widely recognised as one of Singapore's best football coaches.[6][7][8]

 

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Choo began his playing career playing as a right full-back with Singapore Chinese Football Association in the SAFA leagues in 1933.[9] His performances led to a call-up to the Singapore FA team in the Malaya Cup competition. He was converted to a centre-half as the Lions won the Malaya Cup in 1937 and 1939.[10] During World War II, he wrote propaganda for the British in Macau.[11] In 1939, he helped to found the Chinese Athletic Association where he took on the role of player-coach.[12] He retired as a player to concentrate on his coaching duties in 1949.

From 1951 to 1953, Choo coached the Indonesia national team on an honorary basis. The team toured Hong Kong in 1953, achieving wins over professional Hong Kong outfits. Choo was appointed Malaya national coach in 1958.[13] He led the team to three Merdeka Tournament titles from 1958 to 1960. With Choo, Malaya also won the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games football competition and the bronze at the 1962 Asian Games.[14][15] Choo left Malaysia and returned to Singapore in 1964. He was appointed Singapore national coach over four stints from 1964 to 1977. He won the Malaysia Cup in 1977, twelve years after Singapore's last triumph.[16] His achievements earned him the 1977 Coach of the Year award.[17] The following year, he was honoured with the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat medal for his services to Singapore football.[18]

Choo had a skin infection of his leg which he left untreated during the 1977 season. With diabetes as a complication, his condition worsened and he was forced to amputate his gangrenous right leg in September 1977.[19] He returned to coaching during a brief stint with Johor FA in 1980 but left in early 1981.[20] In June 1983, he was admitted to hospital with kidney problems.[21] He died at the age of 68 on 30 June.[7]

 

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SG had its heyday during the 1970s but still couldn't even make it to pre-world cup qualification rounds.

 

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Any soccer lau heros can share more of this sg legend.

 

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Kallang wave creator

N Ganesan, the man widely credited as the driving force behind Singapore football's golden years of the 1970s, died yesterday morning.

He was 82.

He suffered a stroke in March 2011, which left him bedridden and confined to the Good Shepherd Loft nursing home in Bukit Timah.

He collapsed yesterday while having breakfast around 7.45am. Paramedics later failed to resuscitate him.

Ganesan, who was divorced and has no children, worked as a successful lawyer but is best known for his time as chairman of the Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) from 1974 to 1981.

 

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SG had its heyday during the 1970s but still couldn't even make it to pre-world cup qualification rounds.

Football is for sinkie hooligans and lay abouts. Poor and unmotivated it is no surprise we achieved nothing all these years. But ping pong you can see how many medals we got in a short span of ten years?

 

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He made a bold decision to switch Singapore's "home" games in the Malaysia Cup from the 10,000-capacity Jalan Besar Stadium to the 55,000-seater National Stadium in Kallang, despite naysayers predicting the crowds would not turn up.

But they did, and Singapore, backed by the Kallang Roar, reached seven Malaysia Cup finals in the eight years he was in charge, winning two, in 1977 and 1980.

The national team also did well on the international stage, reaching the play-off final of the 1980 pre-Olympic qualifying tournament, beating the likes of China and North Korea before losing to giants Iran.

Local footballers like Samad Allapitchay, 
R Suria Murthi, Quah Kim Song, Dollah Kassim and Fandi Ahmad, to name just a few, became household names.

Midfielder Suria, 57, said: "Even though he was busy as a lawyer, he would come down to Jalan Besar to watch the national team train every evening.

"He was very, very passionate, and he was one of the best officials we ever had.

"He'd go out of his way for the players. He would do anything for football. He was a great man."

Striker Quah, 63, added: "He was charismatic, and walked the talk.

"He was not the type to just sit in the office all day, he often personally made sure every small detail was right.

"He even helped some players who had financial difficulty, out of his own pocket."

Defender Samad, who captained both Malaysia Cup-winning teams, praised Ganesan's personable character. The 66-year-old said: "Over the years, many officials have come and gone, but Mr Gani was the most passionate. And he just had a way with people.

"Once, Uncle Choo (Seng Quee, legendary national team coach) walked out of a training session and said he would not coach us again, after a misunderstanding with some players.

"Mr Gani was the one that drove to his place, chatted with him for four or five hours, and talked him into returning.

"That was how he was. You find it easier to talk to Mr Gani than anyone else. He really listens to you."

A former goalkeeper for the Singapore Indians team, Ganesan also made a difference at local club level, revamping the National Football League from a bloated 118 clubs to a strong 30.

He helped create the Lion City Cup, an Under-16 tournament that unearthed talent like Fandi, and subsequently became the model for Fifa's U-16 World Cup.

Ganesan was awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) during the 1978 National Day Awards, and he also served as legal adviser to the Asian Football Confenderation (AFC) for almost a decade.

Former AFC general secretary Dato Peter Vellapan, who led Asia's football body for three decades, hailed Ganesan's reforms.

"He rewrote the history of Singapore football with his leadership," Vellapan, 79, told TNP.

"He was very honest, transparent, and goal-oriented. He wanted to raise Singapore football to be one of the best in Asia.

"His commitment to improving Singapore football was very sincere. These days, many go into football for selfish reasons. But he was committed, dedicated.

"His passing is a great loss to me, as he was a dear friend, and to Singapore football."

 

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Football is for sinkie hooligans and lay abouts. Poor and unmotivated it is no surprise we achieved nothing all these years. But ping pong you can see how many medals we got in a short span of ten years?

U play goli?

 

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U play goli?

Tak chek lah bro! Study hard, come out economy lots of job for you. That's the PAP promise.

 

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Ganesan was a fucktard. Despite the national team being very good back then, he never could get them to the next level. His arrogance sitting in the Sultan of Johor's private box during a Malaysia Cup match got us kicked out of the Malaysia Cup, and everything was downhill after that.

 

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Tak chek lah bro! Study hard, come out economy lots of job for you. That's the PAP promise.

I buay tak chek leh.
I tak kiau chek and sometimes beh chek only

 

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Ganesan was a fucktard. Despite the national team being very good back then, he never could get them to the next level. His arrogance sitting in the Sultan of Johor's private box during a Malaysia Cup match got us kicked out of the Malaysia Cup, and everything was downhill after that.

Thanks for sharing.

Ganesan was said to support uncle choo

 

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As a teenager, Choo would spurn his violin lessons to play football. This angered his elder brother that he ruined Choo's football kits and boots. His brother finally gave his approval and bought Choo a set of football equipment when he made Singapore's Malaya Cup squad.

Choo received his education at Victoria Bridge School and Raffles Institution.[2][22] He picked up football when he was studying for his Senior Cambridge certificate at Raffles Institution. He represented the school in the inter-school competition in 1930,[9] playing as a right full-back. National player Lim Yong Liang began to mentor him after he was impressed by his ability.[2]

 

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Kallang Roar the Movie is a 2008 sports film on Singapore national football team’s legendary coach Choo Seng Quee (played by Lim Kay Siu). The film shows the events leading up to Singapore winning the Malaysia Cup in 1977, including the epic semi-final match against Selangor and the final against Penang.

Kallang Roar the Movie
Kallang Roar the Movie
Directed by	Cheng Ding An
Produced by	Tay Hoo Wee
Written by	Cheng Ding An
Starring	Lim Kay Siu Leon Quah Randall Tan Melvinder Kanth Anwar Hadi Baskar Subramanian Rei Poh Ezaad Tan Rui Xiang Wu Chean Mohd Faizal Sharul Santhanaram Jayaram Adam Lau Mohamad Hazriq Idrus
Music by	Denny Lin
Cinematography	David Foo
Edited by	Yim Mun Chong
Distributed by	Shaw Organisation
Release date	21 August 2008
Country	Singapore
Language	English
Budget	$1 million

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