Jacob Sihasale

Jacob Sihasale (16 April 1944 – 7 July 1983) was an Indonesian professional football player who played as a forward. A legendary Indonesian footballer who is in the eighth place as the all-time top goalscorers for the Indonesian national team with 23 goals and is in the fifth place as the all-time most appearances with 70 games.

Club career Sihasale started playing football around 1958–1960, was selected as a PSA Ambon player. In 1961 he moved to Surabaya and joined the famous association, Assyabaab Surabaya, until 1966. Before moving to Medan, he played for 2 years for the PSAD Kodam IX association; then played for Pardedetex Medan, In 1970 he returned to Surabaya.

He succeeded in bringing Persebaya Surabaya to become runner up Perserikatan in 1971 and 1973. After losing to PSMS and Persija in the final respectively.

But unfortunately at the end of his career as a football player, he failed to bring Persebaya to the final round of the League after losing to Persija with a score of 2–0. Persija's goals at that time were scored by Iswadi Idris in the 68th minute and Risdianto in the 69th minute. But he also managed to score a goal in the match against PSBS which ended 1–1. He scored the opening goal in the 30th minute before Robby Binur equalized in the 73rd minute.

During his career as a footballer he has scored over 100 goals. After sustaining an injury to his leg in a friendly match between Persebaya and Ascot from Australia, at the end of 1975 in Surabaya, he retired from football.

International career

The peak of his achievements was reached between 1966 and 1974, when he represented the Indonesia national football team in various tournaments, including: 1968 King's Cup and 1969 King's Cup in Bangkok; 1968 Aga Khan Gold Cup in Pakistan; 1969 Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur.

In 1966, he was selected to be the Asian All Stars team together with Soetjipto Soentoro, Max Timisela, Iswadi Idris, and Abdul Kadir. They were the fastest quartet in Asia at that time.

He also brought Indonesia to win the 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament in Jakarta when in the final Indonesia managed to defeat South Korea with a score of 5–2. The goals came when Indonesia beat Sri Lanka with a score of 8–0. He scored three goals in that match.

Career statistics International

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sihasale goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Jacob SihasaleNo.DateVenueCapOpponentResultCompetition 1 17 August 1968 Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia 2 4–2 1968 Merdeka Tournament 2 21 August 1968 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 1–2 1968 Merdeka Tournament 3 29 November 1968 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 7 6–1 1968 King's Cup 4 5 3 November 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 10 3–1 1969 Merdeka Tournament 6 7 November 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11 9–2 1969 Merdeka Tournament 7 9 November 1969 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12 3–2 1969 Merdeka Tournament 8 19 November 1969 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 13 2–3 1969 King's Cup 9 21 November 1969 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 14 6–0 1969 King's Cup 10 4 August 1970 Penang Island National Stadium, Penang, Malaysia 18 3–1 1970 Merdeka Tournament 11 16 December 1970 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 26 1–2 1970 King's Cup 12 13 May 1971 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 31 4–2 1971 President's Cup 13 11 August 1971 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 35 3–1 1971 Merdeka Tournament 14 18 August 1971 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 38 1–0 1971 Merdeka Tournament 15 20 March 1972 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma 42 4–0 1972 Olympic Games qualifiers 16 17 25 March 72 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma43 4–2 1972 Olympic Games qualifiers 18 11 June 1972 Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 48 8–0 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament 19 20 21 8 August 1972 National Stadium, SingaporeKallang, Singapore 53 5–0 1972 Singapore Festival 22 25 September 1972 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 56 12–0 1972 President's Cup 23 14 June 1973 Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 65 2–0 1973 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament

Honours Player PSMS Medan Perserikatan: 1969

Persebaya Perserikatan runner-up: 1969–71, 1971–74 Surya Cup: 1975

Indonesia U19 AFC Youth Championship: 1961

Indonesia King's Cup: 1968; runner-up: 1969 Merdeka Tournament: 1969; runner-up: 1971 Pesta Sukan Cup: 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Tournament: 1972; runner-up: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975

Manager Yanita Utama Galatama: 1983–84