Jalil Che Din

{{Short description|Malaysian footballer and coach}} {{Malay name|Jalil|Che Din|note=on}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jalil Che Din | image = | upright = | alt = | caption = | full_name = Jalil Che Din | birth_date = 27 July 1934 | birth_place = Malaysia | death_date = 15 November 1992 | death_place = Batu Pahat, Malaysia | height = | position = Centre-half | years1 = 1950s | clubs1 = Penang | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1950s | clubs2 = Perak | caps2 = | goals2 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1950s | nationalteam1 = Malaysia | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1970–1971 | managerclubs1 = Malaysia (assistant) | manageryears2 = 1972 | managerclubs2 = Malaysia | manageryears3 = 1974 | managerclubs3 = Malaysia | manageryears4 = 1981 | managerclubs4 = Malaysia | medaltemplates = * {{Medal|Gold|1958 Merdeka Tournament}} * {{Medal|Gold|1959 Merdeka Tournament}} * {{Medal|Gold|1974 Merdeka Tournament (as coach)}} * {{Medal|Bronze|1974 Asian Games (as coach)}} }}

'''Jalil Che Din''' (27 July 1934 – 15 November 1992) was a Malaysian [[Football (soccer)|football]] player and coach.<ref name="Jalil">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/comment/2022/09/09/remembering-jalil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117140415/https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/comment/2022/09/09/remembering-jalil|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 November 2022|title=Remembering Jalil|date=9 September 2022|work=Rizal Hashim|publisher=The Star|accessdate=16 November 2022}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001833/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/teams/team%3D1889798.html Malaysia - Munich 1972 - FIFA.com]</ref>

As a [[Midfielder#Centre-half|centre-half]], he represented the [[Penang FA|Penang]], [[Perak FA|Perak]] and [[Malaysian national football team]] in the 1950s.<ref name="Jalil"/> With the national team, Jalil winning the first 2 [[Merdeka Tournament]]s in 1958 and 1959.<ref name="Jalil"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220201161000/https://malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com/2019/12/pestabola-merdeka-1957-1962.html?m=1 Pestabola Merdeka 1957-1962. Malaysia football-dimos. (In Malay). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021.]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Merdeka Tournament 1958 (Malaya)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka58.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Merdeka Tournament 1959 (Malaya)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka59.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref> After injury cut short his playing career, he turned into coaching. He was assistant coach of Malaysia under [[Dave McLaren]] from 1970 to 1971, and they guided Malaysia to success in the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|qualification]] to the [[1972 Munich Olympics]] football competition. In the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|final tournament]], Jalil takes over from McLaren and oversaw 1 win (3-0 against [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]) and 2 defeats (0-3 against [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], 0–6 against [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]) from 3 group games.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1972f-det.html XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament - RSSSF]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072907/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32127/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Germany FR - Malaysia at FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072937/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32136/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Malaysia - USA at FIFA.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409234334/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197110/matches/match=32144/report.html Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Morocco - Malaysia at FIFA.com]</ref> Nevertheless, this remains one of the greatest achievements of Malaysia football as it is the only appearances of the national team in the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2021/08/722870/class-72-score-highest|title=The Class of '72 score highest|publisher=New Straits Times|accessdate=4 June 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831002033/https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2021/08/722870/class-72-score-highest|archivedate=31 August 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Later, Jalil returned to coach Malaysia in 2 other stints: which he helped the team won in 1974 [[Merdeka Tournament]] and won bronze medal in the [[Football at the 1974 Asian Games|1974 Asian Games]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames74.html "Asian Games 1974"]-RSSSF.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKstAAAAIBAJ&pg=1172%2C3339302|accessdate=6 February 2014 |date=29 June 1974 |title=Really, what's wrong with our forwards?|author=Maurice Khoo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://legasilagenda.com/2021/09/15/gangsa-di-sukan-asia-1974/|title=Gangsa Di Sukan Asia 1974|language=Malay|publisher=Legasi Lagenda|accessdate=17 September 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917074458/https://legasilagenda.com/2021/09/15/gangsa-di-sukan-asia-1974/|archivedate=17 September 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> The last stints, he make a comeback to trained national team in 1981 after the failure of Malaysia in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]] under [[Karl Heinz Weigang]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19811002&id=DmNPAAAAIBAJ&pg=2778,348971|accessdate=6 February 2014 |date=1 October 1981|title=Coach Jalil keeps his job|author=S.C. Sekaran}}</ref>

By profession, Jalil was a [[prison officer]] under Malaysian Prisons Department, and for most of his life was working in Taiping Prison, and was Prison Director at Simpang Renggam Prison. Jalil died on 15 November 1992 aged 58, caused by heart attack while playing golf in Batu Pahat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=55VUAAAAIBAJ&pg=1212%2C2407618|accessdate=6 February 2014 |date=16 November 1992|title=Jalil dies of heart attack|author=Bernama|author-link=Bernama}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=69 Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia]

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