Jalil Che Din

This is a Malay name; the name Che Din is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Jalil.

Jalil Che Din (c.1933 – 15 November 1992) was a Malaysian football player and coach. He hailed from Penang.

As a player, he represented the Malaysian national football team in the 1950s, winning the first 2 Merdeka Tournaments in 1958 and 1959. 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 qualification to the 1972 Munich Olympics football competition. In the final tournament, Jalil takes over from McLaren and oversaw 1 win (3-0 against United States) and 2 defeats (0-3 against West Germany, 0-6 against Morocco) from 3 group games. Nevertheless, this remains one of the greatest achievements of Malaysia football as it is the only appearances of the national team in the Olympics.

Later Jalil returned to coach Malaysia in 2 other stints: in 1974 Merdeka Tournament, and in 1981 after the failure of Malaysia in the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification under Karl Heinz Weigang.

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 in 1992 aged 59, caused by heart attack while playing golf in Batu Pahat.

External links

• Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia