Yang Berbahagia Datuk Wira Soh Chin Ann DCSM DSIS DIMP AMN
Soh in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth
(1950-07-28) 28 July 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth
Alor Gajah, Malacca, British Malaya
Position(s)
Centre-back
Youth career
1969
Malacca
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1969–1970
Malacca
1971–1978
Selangor
1979–1985
Malacca
1988
Malacca
International career
1969–1984
Malaysia
219
(13)
Managerial career
1989
Malacca
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Malaysia
Asian Games
1974 Tehran
Team
SEA Games
1977 Kuala Lumpur
Team
1979 Jakarta
Team
1971 Bangkok
Team
1975 Bangkok
Team
1983 Singapore
Team
1973 Singapore
Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Datuk Wira Soh Chin AnnDCSM DSIS DIMP AMN (or Soh Chin Aun due to misspelling by Malaysian media;[1] simplified Chinese: 苏进安; traditional Chinese: 蘇進安; pinyin: Sū Jìn'ān; born 28 July 1950) is a Malaysian former footballer.[2] He was affectionately known as Tauke or Towkay (Boss) by his teammates and fans. RSSSF and IFFHS recognised Soh as the player with the most international caps in men's football with 219 caps.[3][4] He formerly held the record of all-time most appearances in FIFA international recognised matches with 195 caps, before being overtaken by Kuwait's Bader Al-Mutawa in 2022.[5][6][7]
^Chin Aun's name may be misspelt but he committed very few errors on field – The Star, 24 November 2020.M
^Malaysia – Munich 1972 – FIFA.com
^Mamrud, Roberto (30 June 2021). "Soh Chin Ann– Double Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^"IFFHS ALL TIME RECORD ON PLAYERS WITH MOST GAMES". IFFHS. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^"FIFA Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"SEVEN LEGENDS ARE NOW MEMBERS OF THE ELITE FIFA CENTURY CLUB". FAM. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^"Al-Mutawa reclaims title of most-capped men's player". FIFA.com. FIFA. 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
Datuk Wira SohChinAnn DCSM DSIS DIMP AMN (or SohChin Aun due to misspelling by Malaysian media; simplified Chinese: 苏进安; traditional Chinese: 蘇進安; pinyin:...
national teams at one time. Together with the record of SohChinAnn. According to both RSSSF and IFFHS, Soh is the player with the most international caps in...
England 1966–1997 1,390 games over 31 seasons Most international caps SohChinAnn (men) Malaysia 1969–1984 219 caps. Kristine Lilly (women) United States...
for unearthing some of Malaysia’s best talents such as Santokh Singh, SohChinAnn and even the late Mokhtar Dahari. Harun was born in Petaling, Selangor...
situation in the penalty box, have led him to be compared to compatriot SohChinAnn. He made his first appearance in professional football with Negeri Sembilan...
football in the 1970s and 80s, names like Mokhtar Dahari, Santokh Singh and SohChinAnn would strike fear in teams all over Asia. The FAM entered a new era of...
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matches excluded: HarimauMYstats; Mamrud, Roberto (11 August 2021). "SohChinAnn — Double Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 March...
performance ever of Malaysia despite not advancing to Knockout stage when SohChinAnn named into the Team of the Tournament by the AFC, the first Southeast...
Teo Soh Lung v Minister for Home Affairs is the name of two cases of the Singapore courts, a High Court decision delivered in 1989 and the 1990 judgment...
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astroawani.com (in Malay). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2021. "SohChinAnn is the world's most-capped footballer. Here's what it means to Malaysia"...
2020: Latipah Omar 2020: Ibrahim Durum 2021: Asmah Abdul Rahman 2021: SohChinAnn 2021: Md Rawi Mahmud 2021: Hasan Abd Rahman 2021: Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen...
contemporary European record; most sweepingly, in 2021 FIFA recognised that SohChinAnn won his 109th Malaysia cap in 1976 and his 195th and final cap in 1984...
Quah Chin Lai (furthest right) hosting his grandson's wedding (Quah Chin Siong and Soh Beow Seng wedding) in 1970s at 4 Walton Road. Quah Chin Lai early...
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player Man Wei Chong, badminton player Muhammad Haikal, badminton player Soh Wooi Yik, badminton player Tee Kai Wun, badminton player Loh Le Quan, badminton...
Hertha BSC player Matlan Marjan, former Sabah FA and Malaysian player SohChin Aun, former Selangor FA and Malaysian player Khairul Azman Mohamed, former...
the first chairperson of its management committee from 1974 to 1996 Quah Chin Lai (柯进来), businessman and philanthropist; served as director in 1950s -...
original judging panel was Foong Wai See, Roy Li, Cavin Soh and Peter Tan. Foong Wai See, Cavin Soh and Peter Tan left the judging panel after judging one...
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