The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Wed, 06/22/2011
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On the ball: Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, the former captain of the Dutch soccer team in the 2010 World Cup, speaks to reporters after arriving in Jakarta on Tuesday. Giovanni, who is half-Dutch, half-Indonesian, is in Indonesia to officially launch his new charity, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst @all Children of Indonesia, which aims to assist impoverished children. (Antara/Puspa Perwitasari) |
Former Dutch soccer player Giovanni van Bronckhorst on Tuesday said that Indonesia would need 10 to 20 years before its national team could reached the World Cup finals.
Indonesia needs to build a systematic soccer development program to win a place in the World Cup finals, he said.
“Indonesia is a big country with abundant talent. Should they be trained well, Indonesian soccer will be big,” van Bronckhorst said in Jakarta as quoted by tribunnews.com
Van Bronckhorst was in Jakarta to launch a charity program dedicated to character-building and improving education and health for children.
Van Bronckhorst served as the captain of the Dutch national soccer team in the 2010 World Cup finals, where the team finished second.
On Wednesday, he is scheduled to take part in a friendly game in Jakarta.
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