Tan Hong Djien

The Hong Djien
Personal information
Date of birth (1916-01-12)12 January 1916
Place of birth Dutch East Indies
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tiong Hoa Soerabaja
National team
Dutch East Indies

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

The Hong Djien (born 12 January 1916, date of death unknown) was an Indonesian football forward who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played for Tiong Hoa Soerabaja. Djien was scouted by several major clubs, including Santos, Barcelona, during the 1938 World Cup, but he chose to stay in his native Indonesia to run the local farm his family owned.

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