Datuk Santokh Singh
PMW DSIS AMN
Personal information
Full name Santokh Singh s/o Gurdial Singh
Date of birth (1952-06-22) 22 June 1952 (age 71)[1]
Place of birth Setapak, Selangor,
British Malaya
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1985 Selangor
International career
1973–1984 Malaysia 119[2] (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Datuk Santokh Singh s/o Gurdial Singh PMW DSIS AMN (Punjabi: ਸੰਤੋਖ ਸਿੰਘ, romanized: Satōkha sigha; born 22 June 1952) is a retired Malaysian football player. His wife is Taljit Kaur and has 3 children, Kiran Kaur, Sukhveer Singh and Rajveer Singh.

Career Overview

Born in Setapak,[3] Santokh played in the Selangor FA team from 1972 to 1985, winning 9 Malaysia Cups as captain of the team.[4]

Santokh was a player for Malaysia national football team in the 1970s and 1980s, and played alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari, Soh Chin Aun and R. Arumugam. He participated in the team that qualified to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, though he never featured in the finals of the tournament due to the Games' boycott by Malaysia.[5] Santokh was part of Malaysia 1974 Asian Games bronze medalist in Tehran, but did not play in any of the matches due to injury before the start of the tournament.[6] He also won the Southeast Asian Games gold medal in 1977 and 1979.[7]

His partnership with Soh Chin Aun was said to be the most solid defence in the much-feared Malaysian team. In February 1999, Asian Football Confederation recognize Santokh achievement of representing the country 145 times (match including Olympic qualification, against national 'B' football team, club side and selection side), 119 caps is against full national team.[8] Thus, Asian Football Confederation include him into the AFC Century Club in 1999.[9][10] In 2004, he was inducted in Olympic Council of Malaysia's Hall of Fame.[11]

On 17 September 2014, FourFourTwo list him on their list of the top 25 Malaysian footballers of all time.[12][13] In 2020, Goal.com had selected him on their list of The best Malaysia XI of all time.[14]

Accolades and legacy

In 2011, Santokh was bestowed the honour of the Panglima Mahkota Wilayah by the Yang Dipertuan Agong of Malaysia, which bears the title Datuk.[15][16] during the occasion of Federal Territory Day. In the same year, the Sultan of Selangor also honoured him with the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, carrying the title Dato'.[17]

In 2016, he was the reference for one of the members of Team Malaysia in "Ola Bola".

Honours

Orders

See also

References

  1. ^ Santokh Singh at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Malaysia – Record International Players – Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  3. ^ Tan Karr Wei (7 September 2012). "Santokh Singh misses Setapak's many fields of yesteryear". The Star. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013.
  4. ^ Mariadass, Tony (20 November 2009). "Level Field: Santokh Singh in ICU". Level Field. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  5. ^ Francis, Aluosies (14 August 2007). "Glory days of sports". The Sun. Retrieved 30 November 2016 – via The Malaysian Bar.
  6. ^ Injury after injury saps our team. - New Straits Times, 14 September 1974.
  7. ^ "Football legend Santokh in coma". New Straits Times. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2016 – via AsiaOne News.
  8. ^ Santokh Singh – Century of International Appearances - RSSSF.
  9. ^ National Library of Singapore.
  10. ^ 14 EX-INTERNATIONALS INDUCTED INTO AFC CENTURY CLUB - BERNAMA, 11 February 1999.
  11. ^ "OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA/AWARDS/HALL OF FAME: FULL LIST" (in Malay). OCM. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. ^ "FourFourTwo's Top 25 Malaysian Players of All Time: 24) Santokh Singh". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  13. ^ List of 25 Greatest Malaysian Football Players Of All-Time by FourFourTwo—Best FBKL Media. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  14. ^ "From Raja Bola to King James, 'Spiderman' to Safiq - The best Malaysia XI of all time". Goal. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Santokh Singh, presiden Makkal Sakti antara dikurnia 'Datuk'". The Malaysian Insider (in Malay). 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011.
  16. ^ "Datuk for Santokh Singh, Sabiamad". Bernama. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2016 – via MySinchew.
  17. ^ "Selangor Sultan's birthday honours list". The Sun. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).
  19. ^ "Datuk for Santokh Singh, Sabiamad". Bernama. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2016 – via MySinchew.
  20. ^ "Santokh Singh Dan Sabiamad Terima Gelaran Datuk Sempena Hari Wilayah Persekutuan". Bernama]] (in Malay). mStar. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  21. ^ "DSIS 2011". Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links

Malaysia squad – 1976 AFC Asian Cup
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