On April 24, 1924 or exactly 96 years ago, a boy was born in a small area in Makassar. The boy was named Andi Ramang. Who would have thought that this boy would become a legend of Indonesian football in the future. It might be a foreign name for the Indonesian football lovers today. However, if we trace history, this man is one of the Indonesian players who has tasted the rigors of the world cup. His prowess is like a magician who can perform magic on the field. His goals even made Ramang feared by his opponents. Starting his professional career at PSM Makassar, Ramang slowly but surely developed into a reliable footballer. Ramang played in two terms in the Indonesian league competition at that time in 1947-1960 and in 1962-1968. As a result, Ramang was able to present two union titles to Juku Eja. Great skill ability even though he is small Posture is certainly not a barrier for someone to play ball. Many of the top European players are small but have excellent skills. Likewise with this player, even though he is small in stature, he has amazing ball skills. Ramang was known as Indonesia's top class striker in the late 1940s to 1960s. Andi Ramang is known for his hard and accurate kicking skills, and has above average speed. Once upon a time when Indonesia was playing in the Olympics in Australia, Soviet Union players had to guard Ramang with two to four players to be able to stop it. Besides being good at passing opponents, he also often creates arcrobatic goals with flips. Because of this, Ramang's small body does not become a weakness when playing soccer. Is a player who can be said to be one man, one club Not many players can survive in one soccer club. The influence of money and achievement, of course, is the biggest temptation for players to leave. However, this did not happen to Ramang, who was always loyal to PSM Makassar. A number of large offers were even bravely refused to remain in the red uniform. Nearly 21 years Ramang played for the team. He has made many achievements, from winning in the Union era, to top scoring and even becoming the best player. Ramang's greatness to stay in one team is of course only owned by a handful of players. The mainstay of the Indonesian national team during the colonial period Ramang's greatness is certainly not only at the club. Because this player is also a mainstay of the Indonesian national team during international matches. In the midst of post-independence instability, Indonesian football is growing rapidly. In the 60-70s the sporting direction was in Indonesia, the greatness of Ramang and his colleagues made Indonesia a very respected country. And at that time Ramang appeared as an actor who often determined the results through his goals. It was recorded that when the National Team underwent an international party, it was rarely missed to put the ball into the enemy's net. Ramang had played in the 1934 World Cup, at that time Indonesia was still called the Dutch East Indies. But his professional career in the Indonesian national team began in 1953. Thanks to him, Indonesia was assigned the status of the Asian Tiger, because on a tour to East Asia in 1953, Indonesia was able to win five of the six matches competed, only losing once to South Korea! Interestingly, Ramang scored 19 goals from a total of 25 Indonesian goals in the six matches. Ramang's success story in the Indonesian national team does not stop there. He almost took Indonesia to the 1958 World Cup after his two goals eliminated China with an aggregate score of 4-3 in the qualifying round. Indonesia then advanced to the second qualifying round and was joined by Sudan, Israel and Egypt. Unfortunately, Indonesia resigned because it was reluctant to compete against Israel for political reasons. If you win the group, Ramang and his friends. will qualify for Sweden to make his World Cup debut under the name Indonesia. In addition, in 1959, Ramang also inspired Indonesia's success in holding East Germany 2-2 in a friendly match in Jakarta in 1959. The peak of his professional career in the Indonesian national team occurred in 1960. At that time, Ramang was part of the Red and White team against the Soviet Union (now Russia) in the quarter-finals of the Olympics. At that time, Ramang had to face the world's best goalkeeper at that time, Lev Yashin. The best goalkeeper of all time in world football was then stunned to see Ramang's action which almost broke into the net. In this match, Indonesia had to settle for a 0-0 draw. After the USSR found out who the real figure behind the Indonesian national team number 11 was, they then provided guard at the replay party. In the end, Indonesia, which was trained by legendary coach Antony Pogacnik, was forced to lose 0-4 so that it failed to advance to the semifinals of the Olympics. The story of the greatness of Ramang is remembered by FIFA News of the greatness of Ramang is not only heard in Indonesia and its surroundings. In 2012, surprisingly, FIFA as the biggest parent of world football, released an article discussing this player. Amazingly, he was the first Indonesian person to have his story lifted by the organization. On the official FIFA website, the Ramang story is entitled "Indonesians Who Inspired the Peak of Success in the 1950s (Indonesian who inspired '50s meridian), FIFA focused on Ramang's glory when strengthening the Red and White Team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1938 World Cup with the name Hindia). -Netherlands. In this upload, FIFA tells how great Ramang is, which is said to be able to bring Indonesia to many victories. This is certainly something to be proud of because long before our football progressed, as now our country has been recognized by the world. The sad end of the legend's career journey from South Sulawesi But unfortunately, Ramang's brilliant story in the world of football is not as sweet as his fate in everyday life because he has to endure the trap of poverty. Moreover, the famous bribery case known as the 1962 Senayan scandal which dragged his name made Ramang banned from playing for the Indonesian national team for life and his fate continued to deteriorate. After that, Ramang had a career as a PSM and Persipal Palu coach, but was slowly eliminated due to not having a coaching certificate. Finally, the Legend died in 1987 when he was 59 years old due to lung disease, without being able to go to the hospital due to lack of money.