Max Timisela

Max Timisela

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-06-07) 7 June 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth	Bandung, Indonesia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Persib Bandung
International career
1963–1970	Indonesia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Timisela (6 July 1944) is a former Indonesian football player who played as a forward. He has represented the Indonesia national team from 1963 to 1970. He was a part of Persib Bandung that won the Perserikatan in 1962.[1]

Early career

Timisela's early career started at Cimahi. In the 1950s, when he was at Junior High School, he signed into UNI Bandung following his brothers. From there, the chance to sign into Persib opened.

Finally, Timisela started to play for Persib in 1962. As other young players, started into the bench. After three years, he made it into Persib's starting eleven.

International career

His was called up for Indonesia in 1963. In 1965, Timisela toured Europe with the PSSI team, playing against the Netherlands, West Germany, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia.

Personal life

Max is the youngest son of a soldier of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. He has seven siblings, six of whom were also professional footballers. Three of his siblings, Freddy, Pietje, and Henky Timisela, have also represented the Indonesia national team, while Jopie Timisela has coached the national team at youth level.[2]

References

1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Indonesia". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
2. "Jauh dari Sepakbola adalah Sebenar-benarnya Kesunyian". sepakbola (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 December 2024.