Youbel Sondakh (born 19 August 1983) is an Indonesian professional

basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...

who is the head coach for

Satria Muda Pertamina Satria Muda Pertamina is an Indonesian professional basketball team currently playing in the Indonesian Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it was Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball Lea ...

of the

Indonesian Basketball League The Indonesia Basketball League (IBL; ) is the preeminent men's professional basketball league in Indonesia, founded by Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) in 2003. From 2010 to 2015 it was known as the National Basketball League (NBL) ...

(IBL). He is a former professional player.

Personal life

Studied at Perbanas Institute and graduated in 2008. Sondakh married a former

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Jenny Zeannet.

Professional career

During his pro career, Sondakh faced

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that influenced his decision to retire in 2012 at the age of 28.

Coaching career

Sondakh's coaching career began in 2012 when he took on the role of coach at Satria Muda Junior after his retirement. In 2014, Sondakh was entrusted with the position of assistant coach to accompany Tjokorda Raka. Youbel then took over as head coach in the 2017 season and succeeded in winning his first title as a coach in 2018 after beating Pelita Jaya Jakarta in the finals. Sondakh became the third coach to ever win as a player and a coach with Satria Muda.

National team career

Sondakh represented the

Indonesia national basketball team The Indonesia men's national basketball team represents the Republic of Indonesia in international basketball competitions. The governing body of the team is the ''Persatuan Bola Basket Seluruh Indonesia'' ( Indonesian Basketball Association � ...

in the

2007 FIBA Asia Championship The 2007 FIBA Asia Cup, FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, T ...

that was held in Tokushima, Japan and averaged 4.6 PPG in 7 games played.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sondakh, Youbel 1984 births Living people Indonesian basketball coaches Indonesian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Manado Satria Muda Pertamina players

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