Robby Darwis (born 30 October 1964 in

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

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) is a retired Indonesian

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player and coach. He is the current technical director for PSKC Cimahi, and one of

Persib Bandung Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Bandung'), commonly referred to as Persib Bandung, or simply Persib, is a professional football club based in Bandung, West Java, which competes in Liga 1, the to ...

football stars of his generation. Darwis's position was a stopper. In the first season of

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, as captain he brought Persib to championship. Darwis has also played in

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, at

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. For

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, he played for 10 years (1987–1997), with 53 caps and he has scored 6 goals.

Playing career

Darwis started his career as a teenage at local football club Arjuna and SSB Capella. Initially, he played as a forward or attacking midfielder. He took part in a selection by Persib in 1979 as held by Polish coach

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where he passed. He was first included in the senior squad in 1983. In 1989, he was transferred to Malaysian club

. At the club, he was sent off in his debut match against

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on 11 July 1989 for allegedly kicking the referee. As a result, he was suspended for 3 months, and was unable to represent Indonesia at 1989 Southeast Asian Games. After reviewing, the suspension was lifted and he returned to Persib on 2 December upon being released by Kelantan. He brought a lot of success to Persib during his time at the club, with 3 Perserikatan titles and the inaugural

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. He also played in

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for Persib. In the first round, Persib defeated

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in 2-1 aggregate and Pasay on both second round matches. The team advanced to quarterfinals but finished at the bottom of the East Asia group stage. Later, he would play for

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and retired there. He was part of

that won gold medals at

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and 1991 SEA Games. He captained the team between 1993 and 1997 and would go on representing the country until 1997 SEA Games which the country hosted and won silver medal.

Player

* Tempo Utama * Tunas Inti *

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Coaching career

Three years after his retirement, Darwis switched from playing to coaching where he was appointed coach of Pro Duta F.C. In 2007, he rejoined Persib as an assistant to

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, and remained at the club for 5 years. Darwis briefly coached Persib as a caretaker in 2007 and 2008, when

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resigned in 2009–10 season and in

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when

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was sacked as coach. He returned to becoming head coach in 2015 when he was recruited by

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. Later, he moved to PSKC Cimahi in 2017. He won the team regional West Java 2017 Liga 3 by beating Maung Anom on penalties (3-1) but were eliminated in the National Round group stage. In the following season, the team also repeated the fate, beating

2–0. Darwis then took the team to the finals of

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, but the team lost 3–1 to

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, ensuring the team's first ever promotion to Liga 2 for the first time in its history.

Personal life

Darwis works at BNI as a banker since he retired playing professionally. He is famous for his quote ''"halik ku aing!"'' that roughly translates to "move away, let me do this!" during his time playing for Persib, and his squad number 6 at the club''.'' He occasionally plays for Persib Legends in charity exhibition matches.

Honours

Player

Persib Bandung *

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(3): 1986, 1989/90, 1993/94 * Premier Division (1): 1994–95 * Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Cup (1): 1986 Indonesia *

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Gold medal (2):

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Coach

PSKC Cimahi * Liga 3 (runner-up) :

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* West Java round Liga 3 (3) : 2017, 2018, 2019

Individual

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Men’s All Time Indonesia Dream Team: 2022

External links

Profile
on Persib official site

References

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