Ronald Hermanus Pattinasarany (9 February 1949 – 19 September 2008) was an

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n professional

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player and manager. He is one of Indonesia's legendary players and had captained the

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from 1980 to 1985.

Club career

Pattinasarany started his career as a football player when he joined PSM Junior in 1966. Two years later he managed to break through to the senior level in

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. From PSM, he left for the

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club,

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from 1978 to 1982. This was where his career started to climb so he was elected to enter and become the national team captain. In 1982, he left for Tunas Inti. After only a year there, he decided to hang up his boots and switch position as a coach.

International career

In the 1970s to 1980s, when

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was one of the giants in

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, Pattinasary was one of those who helped make the name of the '' Red and Whites'' team famous. He is known as a top player. He received awards such as Asian All Star Player in 1982, Best National Athlete in 1976 and 1981, Best Galatama Player in 1979 and 1980, and won the SEA Games Silver Medal in 1979 and 1981.

Managerial career

There are several Indonesian clubs that he has coached, including

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Petrokimia Putra Petrokimia Putra was an Indonesian football club based in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. They last played in the Liga Indonesia First Division. They merged with Persegres Gresik and became Gresik United in 2005. History Petrokimia Putra Gresik ...

, Makassar Utama,

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and

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. However, the best achievement ever made by Pattinasarany was when he managed Petrokimia Putra when he successfully won several trophies for the club. He led Petrokimia to win the Surya Cup, Petro Cup, and runner-up Tugu Muda Cup. Towards the end of the 1990s, Pattynasarany, who at that time was predicted to be one of the best coaches in Indonesia, surprisingly said goodbye to the world of Indonesian football, and decided to stop being the coach of Petrokimia Putra Gresik which he was holding at that time, because Ronny wanted to focus on guiding his two children, Benny and Yerry, who at that time were struggling with their addiction to

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Other activities

Football Association of Indonesia

* 2006 Director of Youth Development * 2006 Deputy Chairman of Komdis * 2007 National Team Monitoring Team

Personal life

Patynasarany married Stella Maria on November 29 1977. They have 3 children, Robenno "Benny" Pattrick, Henry "Yerry" Jacques, and Tresita "Cita" Diana. Then they adopted one child who was their nephew, Pieter Pattinasarany. He also has two grandchildren, namely Clarrice Faithlyn Pattinasarany (daughter of Benny and Melisa Milanova) and Roland Dimitri Levinus Nangin (son of Cita and Reza Nangin). In 2006, to coincide with his 29th wedding anniversary, he and his wife launched a historical book, one of which contains his struggle in guiding his two children, Benny and Yerry, to get out of the trap of drugs.

Death

Pattinasarany died on Friday, 19 September 2008 at Omni Medical Center Hospital, Pulo Mas,

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, due to

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which he had suffered from since December 2007.Ronny Pattinasarani Tutup Usia
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Honours

Player

Indonesia

* SEA Games silver medal:

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Individual

* Asian All Stars: 1982 *

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: 1976, 1981 *

Player of the Year: 1979, 1980

Manager

* Surya Cup * Petro Cup * Tugu Muda Cup runner-up

References

1949 births 2008 deaths People from Ambon, Maluku Indonesian men's footballers Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Indonesia men's international footballers PSM Makassar players People from Banda Aceh Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Indonesian football managers SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1979 SEA Games Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia Sportspeople from Makassar {{Indonesia-footy-defender-stub