Iswadi Idris

Iswadi Idris
	Iswadi playing for Indonesia in 1979
Personal information
Full name	Iswadi Idris
Date of birth	18 March 1948
Place of birth	Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia
Date of death	11 July 2008 (aged 60)
Place of death	Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1957–1961	MBFA
1961–1966	IM Jakarta
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1968	Persija
1968–1970	→ PSMS Medan (loan)
1970–1974	Persija
1974–1975	→ Western Suburbs (loan)
1975–1978	Persija
1978–1981	PSPS Pekanbaru
International career
1968–1980	Indonesia
Managerial career
1982—1983	Indonesia
1983–1986	Perkesa 78
1989	Indonesia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iswadi Idris (18 March 1948 – 11 July 2008) was an Indonesian football player and coach. He was nicknamed "Boncel" because of his small, 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) stature. He was captain of the Indonesia national football team from 1970 to 1980.^[1] He is the second all-time top scorer and second highest appearances records for Indonesia national team.^[2]

International career

Idris first international appearances with Indonesia is in the 1968 Merdeka Tournament. Iswadi was made captain of the Indonesia national football team in 1970. Together with Soetjipto Soentoro, Abdul Kadir and Jacob Sihasale, he was part of what was called "Asia's fastest quartet". He played in several positions, including right back and sweeper but mostly played in attacking positions alongside Abdul Kadir.

With Indonesia, he won the 1968 Kings Cup, 1969 Merdeka Tournament, 1972 Jakarta Anniversary Cup, and 1972 Pesta Sukan. He last played for in the 1980 Olympic Games qualification. Overall he have played 97 times for Indonesia scoring 55 international goals.^[3]^[1]

He later coached the national team, and became an administrator of the PSSI.^[1]

Managerial career

Indonesia

In 1989, Idris coached the Indonesia national team alongside his former teammates in the national team, Muhammad Basri and Abdul Kadir. Together they were known as the "Bas-Is-Ka" trio. Indonesia managed to win a bronze medal after defeating Thailand through a penalty shootout in the bronze medal match of the 1989 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[4]

Idris' career with the trio had to stop in the same year after Indonesia was only able to survive in the first round of the 1990 World Cup qualifiers. The national team at that time finished in third place in Group 6 with only one win from six total matches.^[5]

Personal life

Idris was a muslim. He was met his wife, Rahmah Astuti in the early 1980s and was married in 1982. They had 2 daughters and 1 son. Their first child, Kusuma Ayu Kinanti, was born in February 1983.^[6]

In 1994, after he finished his career as a football player and manager, Idris entered the ranks of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) management. A number of positions were entrusted to him starting from Director of PSSI Competitions and Tournaments, member of the PSSI Disciplinary Commission to Director of PSSI Engineering. His last position there was as Technical Manager of the National Team Agency and the monitoring team with his former teammates Risdianto and Ronny Pattinasarany.

Later years and death

Idris, his wife and three children lived in Sleman, Yogyakarta. In his old age, he suffered a stroke that drastically reduced his body functions. He died on 17 July 2008 in Jakarta after being treated for three days at MMC Hospital and Jakarta Medical Centrer. Before being rushed to the hospital, he had fallen at his house which made him unconscious. He was buried at Karet Bivak Cemetery, Jakarta.^[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Indonesia	1968	9	8
	1969	8	7
	1970	16	8
	1971	11	10
	1972	19	10
	1973	10	3
	1976	5	2
	1977	6	4
	1979	8	3
	1980	5	0
Total		97	55

Honours

Player

PSMS Medan

Perserikatan: 1969

Persija Jakarta

Perserikatan: 1973, 1975
Quoc Khanh Cup: 1973

Indonesia

King's Cup: 1968; runner-up: 1969
Merdeka Tournament: 1969; runner-up: 1971
Jakarta Anniversary Tournament: 1972; runner-up: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978
Pesta Sukan Cup: 1972^[1]
Southeast Asian Games silver medal: 1979
President's Cup runner-up: 1972

Individual

IFFHS Men’s All Time Indonesia Dream Team: 2022^[8]
Copa Indonesia All Time Indonesia Legendary Players: 2008^[9]

Records

Indonesia national team 2nd all-time top scorer: 55 goals
2nd-Most capped Indonesia international: 97 caps
Scored the most goals for Indonesia in a single match: 5 goals (vs South Vietnam, 2 May 1971)

Manager