Uncle Choo: Singapore's Greatest Football Coach

By Reynold Godwin Pereira

Book Overview

Choo Seng Quee: Untuk Bangsa dan Negara. Majulah! (For Nation and Country. Onward!) tells the story of Singapore's legendary football coach. This larger-than-life footballing icon gained fame as a no-nonsense defender during his playing days. Among his achievements as a player were the opportunities to represent Singapore from 1936 to 1939 and winning the Malaya Cup for the Singapore team on two occasions. In a coaching career spanning almost 30 years, he coached the Singapore national team several times (in addition to also coaching the Malaysian and Indonesian teams). Success followed him wherever he went.His brash and sometimes arrogant manner, unfortunately, did not endear well with the powers who ran the Singapore Amateur Football Association (SAFA), a predecessor of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). This led him being thrown into football wilderness on several occasions. But that did not stop him from progressing in his coaching career. The football administrators from Malaysia and Indonesia took advantage of these moments of 'unemployment' by offering him financially attractive contracts to coach their respective teams, leading to years of success while Choo Seng Quee was at the helm.This book presents the tale of this legend known to many as simply 'Uncle Choo' who instilled a sense of patriotism in his players. To him, wearing the Singapore jersey was a badge of honour.If there is someone who is able to rouse national pride in today's generations, Choo Seng Quee would have been the perfect candidate! 'To die for the country!'

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811268479
• ISBN13: 9789811268472
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 304 Pages