Jalil Che Din (27 July 1934 – 15 November 1992) was a Malaysian football player and coach.Malaysia - Munich 1972 - FIFA.com
As a centre-half, he represented the Penang, Perak and Malaysian national football team in the 1950s. With the national team, Jalil winning the first 2 Merdeka Tournaments in 1958 and 1959.Pestabola Merdeka 1957-1962. Malaysia football-dimos. (In Malay). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021. 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.XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament - RSSSFOlympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Germany FR - Malaysia at FIFA.comOlympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Malaysia - USA at FIFA.comOlympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Morocco - Malaysia at FIFA.com 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: which he helped the team won in 1974 Merdeka Tournament and won bronze medal in the 1974 Asian Games."Asian Games 1974"-RSSSF. The last stints, he make a comeback to trained national team 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 on 15 November 1992 aged 58, caused by heart attack while playing golf in Batu Pahat.
References
External links Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia