Ronald Hermanus Pattinasarany (9 February 1949 – 19 September 2008) was an Indonesian professional football player and manager. He is one of Indonesia's legendary players and had captained the Indonesia national football team from 1980 to 1985.

Club career

Pattinasarany started his career as a football player when he joined PSM Junior in 1966. Two years later he managed to break through to the senior level in PSM Makassar. From PSM, he left for the Galatama club, Warna Agung from 1978 to 1982. This was where his career started to climb so he was elected to enter and become the national team captain. In 1982, he left for Tunas Inti. After only a year there, he decided to hang up his boots and switch position as a coach.

International career

In the 1970s to 1980s, when Indonesian football was one of the giants in Asia, Pattinasary was one of those who helped make the name of the Red and Whites team famous. He is known as a top player. He received awards such as Asian All Star Player in 1982, Best National Athlete in 1976 and 1981, Best Galatama Player in 1979 and 1980, and won the SEA Games Silver Medal in 1979 and 1981.

Managerial career

There are several Indonesian clubs that he has coached, including Persiba Balikpapan, Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian, Persita Tangerang, Petrokimia Putra, Makassar Utama, Persitara Jakarta Utara and Persija Jakarta. However, the best achievement ever made by Pattinasarany was when he managed Petrokimia Putra when he successfully won several trophies for the club. He led Petrokimia to win the Surya Cup, Petro Cup, and runner-up Tugu Muda Cup.

Towards the end of the 1990s, Pattynasarany, who at that time was predicted to be one of the best coaches in Indonesia, surprisingly said goodbye to the world of Indonesian football, and decided to stop being the coach of Petrokimia Putra Gresik which he was holding at that time, because Ronny wanted to focus on guiding his two children, Benny and Yerry, who at that time were struggling with their addiction to drugs.^[1]

Other activities

Personal life

Patynasarany married Stella Maria on November 29 1977. They have 3 children, Robenno "Benny" Pattrick, Henry "Yerry" Jacques, and Tresita "Cita" Diana.^[2] Then they adopted one child who was their nephew, Pieter Pattinasarany.

He also has two grandchildren, namely Clarrice Faithlyn Pattinasarany (daughter of Benny and Melisa Milanova) and Roland Dimitri Levinus Nangin (son of Cita and Reza Nangin).

In 2006, to coincide with his 29th wedding anniversary, he and his wife launched a historical book, one of which contains his struggle in guiding his two children, Benny and Yerry, to get out of the trap of drugs.

Death

Pattinasarany died on Friday, 19 September 2008 at Omni Medical Center Hospital, Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, due to liver cancer which he had suffered from since December 2007.^[3]

Honours

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