Achmad Nawir (30 June 1912 – 1 April 1995) was an Indonesian doctor[1] and footballer. Nawir played for HBS Soerabaja and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) national team.
Career
Nawir is noted for captaining of the Dutch East Indies national team (predecessor of Indonesia national team) while it crashed out in defeat to Hungary at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, 6–0. Curiously, the other captain, György Sárosi, had a doctorate degree, the same as Nawir. Nawir wore his studious glasses for the match. Dutch East Indies automatically qualified for the tournament after their original opponents, Japan, withdrew from the qualifying round. He is one of the few players to wear glasses in the World Cup.[1] Nawir and most of his teammates only played in two international matches, one against Hungary in the World Cup and another against Netherlands, losing 9–2 in a friendly game just after the World Cup.[2] It was the last international match for the Dutch East Indies, which became the independent nation of Indonesia in 1945.
Honours
HBS Soerabaja
- SVB Hoofdklasse: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1940–41
Individual
References
- ^ a b FIFA World Cup – Amazing facts from finals Archived June 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dutch Tour of Dutch East Indies 1938 Archived June 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME INDONESIA DREAM TEAM – 96".
External links
- Achmad Nawir at National-Football-Teams.com
- Achmad Nawir at FBref.com
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