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 Agha 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.


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