Dass Gregory Kolopis

Dass Gregory

Personal information
Full name	Dass Gregory Kalopis
Date of birth	February 1, 1977 (1977-02-01) (age 34)
Place of birth	Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Youth career
	Sabah FA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998	Olympic 2000
National team
1997	Malaysia U-20	3	(0)
1998–1999	Malaysia U-23	8	(0)
1998	Malaysia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dass Gregory Kalopis (born February 1, 1977) is a former Malaysian football player from Kampung Kelawat, Kota Belud Sabah. He is former player of FAM special squad Olympic 2000 and Malaysia 1997 youth team.

Career

Dass Gregory is one of the discovered young talents in Malaysian football during 1995. He was selected to represent the country during that year with other young talent like Gilbert Cassidy Gawing, Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan, and Chow Chee Weng in preparation for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

He represented Malaysia and played a role as the captain of the team during the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1] After the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, he with another three players was selected to train at Highbury with Arsenal.^{[citation needed]} When he returned to Malaysia, he wasselected to join FAM special squad the Olympic 2000.

In 1998, Dass Gregory was selected to play for the Malaysia national team in Tiger Cup 1998. However Malaysia as the 1996 Tiger Cup runners-up was defeated by Singapore and Vietnam. Malaysia also held by the weakest team in the group, Laos.

After the failure at the 1998 Tiger Cup, Dass Gregory represented the Olympic 2000 (Malaysia U-23) for Olympic games qualification. Malaysia also failed during the qualification as they only finished third behind Japan and Hong Kong. After that, the Olympic 2000 was disbanded by FAM.

Dass then returned to Sabah and did not participate in any football matches. He is now working as a businessman and hoping to return as the fitness coach for Sabah FA.

Achievement

• 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squad^[2]

References

1. ^ Player statistic FIFA.com – Gregory DASS
2. ^ Malaysia squad 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

External links

• Sejenak Bersama Bekas Player Remaja Dunia (Malay)

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Name	Kalopis, Dass Gregory
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Date of birth	February 1, 1977
Place of birth	Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
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