Abdul Rahman Gurning

Abdul Rahman Gurning (born 15 January 1958, in Kisaran, Asahan Regency) is an Indonesian football player and, a former head coach of PSMS Medan and PSPS Pekanbaru.^[1]

Abdul Rahman

Personal information
Full name	Abdul Rahman Gurning
Date of birth	(1958-01-15) 15 January 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth	Asahan Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
	PSSA Asahan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	PSSA Asahan
1974–1980	PSS Simalungun
1980–1984	Mercu Buana
1985–1988	PSMS Medan
1989–1990	Pusri
1990–1995	Medan Jaya
1995–1996	Harimau Tapanuli
1996–1997	Medan Jaya
International career
1981–1985	PON North Sumatra
1986	Indonesia
Managerial career
1997–1999	Medan Jaya
2000–2001	PSSA Asahan
2001–2002	PSMS Medan
2002–2003	PON North Sumatra
2003–2004	PS Palembang
2006–2007	Persitara North Jakarta
2008–2009	Persitara North Jakarta (assistant coach)
2009–2011	PSPS Pekanbaru
2011–2012	PSMS Medan
2012–2013	Arema IPL (assistant coach)
2013–2014	Gresik United
2016–2017	PSMS Medan
2019	PSMS Medan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Careers

Player

He began his career by playing at local clubs in the Asahan, then he was recruited Kamarudin Panggabean to play in the club Mercu Buana. After the club Mercu Buana broke up, he played for the club Medan Jaya and PSMS Medan.

Manager

After retiring as a player, he turned into a football coach with a license A to train a football team. The club has ever trained is Persitara North Jakarta and PSPS Pekanbaru. After success with PSPS he was contracted by PSMS Medan but he soon resigned after a dispute with management. Then he received the proposal Arema Indonesia playing at Indonesia Premier League to be the assistant coach of the Milomir Šešlija, but with the internal problems at the club he resigned. After that he was dealing with Gresik United replace Freddy Muli,^[2] before he was sacked by the club because the team did not meet the target.

International careers

He had a career for the Indonesia national football team playing the Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea in 1986. He brought Indonesia became the fourth champion in the arena.

Coaching license

• S3 (1991)
• S2 (1995)
• Lisensi C (1997)
• Lisensi B (1998)
• Lisensi A (2000)