Santokh Singh
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.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Accolades and legacy
- 4 Honours
- 4.1 Honours of Malaysia
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Club career
Born in Setapak, Santokh played in the Selangor FA team from 1972 to 1985, winning 9 Malaysia Cups as captain of the team.
International career
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. 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. He also won the Southeast Asian Games gold medal in 1977 and 1979.
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), 118 caps is against full national team. Asian Football Confederation include him into the AFC Century Club in 1999. In 2004, He inducted in OCM Hall of Fame.
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 *le Datuk. 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 *le Dato'.
In 2016, he was the reference for one of the members of Team Malaysia in "Ola Bola".
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
- :Malaysia::
- Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1980)
- :Federal Territory (Malaysia)::
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) - Datuk (2011)
- :Selangor::
- Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS) - Dato' (2011)
See also
- List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
References
External links
- Profile at selangorfc.com
- Profile at Olympic Council of Malaysia Sports Museum and Hall of Fame