Choo Seng Quee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Choo Seng Quee

Singaporean footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1914

Place of Birth: Singapore

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1983

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Choo Seng Quee

  • Choo Seng Quee, Joseph, (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhu Chéngguì; 1 December 1914 – 30 June 1983), popularly known as Uncle Choo, was a Singaporean footballer and football coach.
  • He was coach of the Indonesia, Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore national teams.
  • He is widely recognised as one of Singapore's best football coaches.Choo began his playing career playing as a right full-back with Singapore Chinese Football Association in the SAFA leagues in 1933.
  • His performances led to a call-up to the Singapore FA team in the Malaya Cup competition.
  • He was converted to a centre-half as the Lions won the Malaya Cup in 1937 and 1939.
  • During World War II, he wrote propaganda for the British in Macau.
  • In 1939, he helped to found the Chinese Athletic Association where he took on the role of player-coach.
  • He retired as a player to concentrate on his coaching duties in 1949. From 1951 to 1953, Choo coached the Indonesia national team on an honorary basis.
  • The team toured Hong Kong in 1953, achieving wins over professional Hong Kong outfits.
  • Choo was appointed Malaya national coach in 1958.
  • He led the team to three Merdeka Tournament titles from 1958 to 1960.
  • With Choo, Malaya also won the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games football competition and the bronze at the 1962 Asian Games.
  • Choo left Malaysia and returned to Singapore in 1964.
  • He was appointed Singapore national coach over four stints from 1964 to 1977.
  • He won the Malaysia Cup in 1977, twelve years after Singapore's last triumph.
  • His achievements earned him the 1977 Coach of the Year award.
  • The following year, he was honoured with the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat medal for his services to Singapore football.Choo had a skin infection of his leg which he left untreated during the 1977 season.
  • With diabetes as a complication, his condition worsened and he was forced to amputate his gangrenous right leg in September 1977.
  • He returned to coaching during a brief stint with Johor FA in 1980 but left in early 1981.
  • In June 1983, he was admitted to hospital with kidney problems.
  • He died at the age of 68 on 30 June.

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