Timo Scheunemann (born 29 November 1973) is an Indonesian-German youth football coach and manager. He is also a former professional football forward. He used to play professionally in Indonesia's

Liga Indonesia The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top-flight footba ...

and Singapore's

S-League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which ...

. He also used to manage both

Indonesia women's national football team The Indonesia women's national football team represents Indonesia in international women's association football; it is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). Despite football being one of the nation's favorite sports, Indone ...

and

Persema Malang Persema, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Malang is an Indonesian football club based in Malang, East Java. They currently compete in the Liga 3. History The club was officially established in 1953, with primary funding from Malang's mun ...

. He manage Indonesian U-12 team in Danone Nations Cup 2012 and 2013. He last managed

Persiba Balikpapan Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Balikpapan, commonly known as Persiba Balikpapan, is an professional football club based in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The club plays in Liga 2, after relegation from Liga 1 in 2017 season. The club ...

. Scheunemann acted as Lieutenant Colonel Hoogeband in the Indonesian film, ''Soekarno''.

Early life and education

Scheunemann was born and grew up in Indonesia. He holds a

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degree from

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Football Career

Playing career

Scheunemann starts his career in US collegiate system with

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in NCCAA division I in 1993. Upon graduation in 1997, he played for

, as their first foreign player ever. After a year, he continues to play in

with

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league c ...

. By the end of the year 1998, he was invited for trials at

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...

(in

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) and Gillingham in

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Coaching career

Scheunemann started coaching in Wesley International School and Malang Football Club, both in Malang. In 2007, he was appointed technical director of Persikoba Batu. After that, he was asked to control

for

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. In 2010, he was appointed as a manager for

Personal life

Scheunemann lived in City of Batu,

Malang Regency The Malang Regency is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. Malang Regency is the second largest regency in East Java after Banyuwangi Regency, with a total area of 3,530.65 km2. Malang is rich in potential for agriculture, medicinal plants an ...

. He married Devi Scheunemann and has two kids, Naya and

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, a footballer. He also has a niece, Claudia, also a footballer that plays for women’s under-20. A German national, he is a native speaker of

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, he also speaks Indonesian and Javanese fluently.

References

External links

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Profil Timo Scheunemann

CV Timo Scheunemann
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheunemann, Timo 1973 births Living people German footballers Indonesian footballers German football managers Indonesian people of German descent German people of Indonesian descent Indonesian football managers Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Singapore Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Indo people Association football forwards People from Kediri (city) Sportspeople from East Java