Endang Witarsa


Endang Witarsa was an Indonesian former football player and coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Witarsa trained as a dentist, but soon discovered as a young man that his passion lay with football. During his youth, he joined UMS, a Chinese Indonesian football club, in 1948 as a halfback. When he hung up his shoes in 1951, he became one of Indonesia's greatest coaches.
Witarsa received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Badan Liga Indonesia in October 2006 because of his dedication for nearly 70 years as a player and coach.

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Witarsa died on April 2, 2008, at Pluit Hospital, Jakarta.