Soetjipto Soentoro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 June 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia | ||
| Date of death | 12 November 1994 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Second Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954–1955 | IPPI Kebayoran | ||
| 1955–1964 | Setia Jakarta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1971 | Persija | ||
| 1970 | → PSMS Medan (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 1959 | Indonesia youth team | ||
| 1965–1970 | Indonesia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Soetjipto Soentoro (16 June 1941– 12 November 1994) was an Indonesian footballer who captained Indonesia's national team. He also had a career as a manager.
Born in Bandung, Jawa Barat, he was raised in Soentoro Djajasapoetra's family, who were football enthusiasts. His brothers were Soegijo and Soegito, who played at Persija Jakarta between 1952 and 1964. Soetjipto played football as a teenager in the streets in the area of Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta in 1954. He came to public attention when defending for Setia Jakarta (a junior team under Persija). Junior national team coach, Djamiat Dalhar, realising the potential of Soetjipto, selected him for the national junior team. Soetjipto became more well known after being selected for the national senior team under head coach Antun Pogačnik.
When he was 16 years old, Soentoro joined Persija. People started to call him "Gareng" (a midget character in Indonesia's Wayang) because of his height of about 169 cm,.
Soentoro scored four goals on his début at Persija in a 7–0 defeat of PSP. He also scored a goal against PSB Bogor.
Persija beat the team from Ambon, PSA 4–0. In those years, PSA had the star player in the Indonesia national team, Jacob Sihasale.
On 25 July 1964, Persija faced PSM Makassar. Although PSM scored against Persija, Soentoro scored an equalising goal.
In the match against PSMS, he scored four goals. Persija reached the final after a win against Persib 3–1 in which he scored a hat trick.
Soentoro was successful and his club became champions of Perserikatan 1964 after the final win against Persebaya with a score of 4–1, played at Gelora Senayan Stadium. Persebaya at the time was a prominent team in Indonesia, in addition to Andjek AN and Junaedi Abdillah. Soentoro made Persija become an unbeatable team in one season. He became a top scorer of Perserikatan with 16 goals. After that, he became a phenomenal player in Asia.
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