Asnawi Mangkualam

Asnawi Mangkualam Bahar (born 4 October 1999) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for K League 2 club Ansan Greeners and the Indonesia national team. Mainly playing as a right-back, he can also be deployed as a right wing-back or a defensive midfielder.

Asnawi Mangkualam
Personal information
Full name Asnawi Mangkualam Bahar[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-04) 4 October 1999
Place of birth Makassar, Indonesia
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[2]
Position(s) Right-back, wing-back
Club information
Current team
 Ansan Greeners
Number 14
Youth career
2014–2015 PSM Makassar
2015–2016 PON Sulsel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Persiba Balikpapan 8 (2)
2017–2021 PSM Makassar 44 (2)
2021– Ansan Greeners 23 (0)
National team‡
2013 Indonesia U16 7 (0)
2016–2018 Indonesia U19 16 (0)
2017– Indonesia U23 28 (2)
2017– Indonesia[3] 17 (1)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Indonesia
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Runner-up2013 Myanmar
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
2017 Myanmar
2018 IndonesiaTeam
Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur Team
2019 Philippines Team
AFF U-22 Youth Championship
Winner2019 CambodiaTeam
AFF Championship
Runner-up 2020 Singapore Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:33, 1 January 2022 (UTC+7)

He has been considered one of the country's most gifted and promising footballers of his generation, together with fellow players such as Elkan Baggott, Witan Sulaeman, Pratama Arhan and Egy Maulana Vikri. He is highly regarded for his pace and aggressive style of play. He is the current vice captain of Indonesian National Teams.

Club career

Persiba Balikpapan

After spending years in the youth squads of PSM Makassar, Mangkualam joined Persiba Balikpapan for the 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A (a temporary tournament that replaced the defunct Indonesian Super League after the PSSI schism that led to the 2015 FIFA suspension on Indonesia). He soon became the youngest player to score in the competition, as he netted a goal at just 17 years and five days in a match against Bali United F.C. at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium.[4]

PSM Makassar

After Liga 1 (Indonesia) emerged as the stable football competition in the country, Mangkualam in 2017 returned to PSM Makassar, where he made his debut against Persela Lamongan in the Indonesia President's Cup, the league's pre-season tournament.[5]

Despite his young age, he rapidly established himself as one of the club's most talented and promising players, thanks to his versatility and his technical skills.

Ansan Greeners

In January 2021, Mangkualam joined South Korean team Ansan Greeners, which was playing in K League 2, upon the recommendation of the then head coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong, a former player and coach of both the K League 1 club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and the South Korean national team. Shin reportedly convinced Mangkualam to come out of his comfort zone in Indonesia and take the opportunity of playing in a tougher league, although it would mean he would receive a lower salary and, potentially, more limited playing time than at his previous club.[6][7][8]

Even before Mangkualam's official debut with the "Green Wolves", his move made a piece of history both for him and the local football system. In fact, since the K League introduced a new quota to register Southeast Asian players as part of their foreign player policy in 2020,[9] Ansan Greeners was the first team in the system to take advantage of the new rule. Mangkualam also became the first Indonesian footballer to ever play in the K League.[6] This transfer gained massive attention from Ansan's local Indonesian community and domestic fans in general, with followers of Ansan's official social media accounts enormously multiplied in the process.[10]

After being unavailable for the first games of the season, as he had to self-isolate following a visit to a place that had also been visited by a man who later tested positive for COVID-19,[11] Mangkualam made his debut for Ansan, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win against K4 League club Yangpyeong in the local FA Cup. On 3 April 2021, he made his league debut playing 61 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Busan IPark.[12]

International career

Often being a key player for Indonesia national Under-16, Under-19 and Under-23 squads.[13]

Mangkualam made his international debut for the senior team on 21 March 2017, when he got on the pitch as a substitute during a friendly match against Myanmar.[14] In the process, he broke a record for the youngest player to win an international senior cap for Indonesia, at the age of 17 years and 167 days later this record was broken by Ronaldo Kwateh at the age of 17 years and 104 days on 27 January 2022.[15] [16] He was part of the Under-23 squad that won silver in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines and voted into the tournament's best eleven.

In November 2021, Indonesian coach, Shin Tae-yong sent Mangkualam his call up to the full national side, for the friendly matches in Turkey against Afghanistan and Myanmar.[17] In December 2021, he was named in Indonesian's squad for the 2020 AFF Championship in Singapore.[18] On 12 December 2021, Mangkualam scored his first international goal with a penalty against Laos at 2020 AFF Championship and Mangkualam also providing the assist for Irfan Jaya to score Indonesia's second goal in an eventual 1–5 win.[19]

Personal life

Mangkualam is the son of Bahar Muharram, a former Indonesian footballer himself currently serving as an assistant coach at PSM Makassar, the club Mangkualam played for between 2017 and 2021.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 May 2022[21]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Persiba Balikpapan 2016 ISC A 8200000082
PSM Makassar 2017 Liga 1 9000002090
2018 Liga 1 140000020140
2019 Liga 1 181505000281
2020 Liga 1 3100400071
Total 442509040622
Ansan Greeners 2021 K League 2 140100000150
2022 K League 2 90100000100
Career total 744709040944
  1. Includes Piala Indonesia, Korean FA Cup
  2. Appearances in AFC Cup
  3. Appearances in Indonesia President's Cup

International
As of 1 January 2022
Indonesia national team[21]
YearAppsGoals
201710
2021151
202210
Total171

International goals

International under-23 goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 June 2019Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Philippines5–05–02019 Merlion Cup
228 November 2019Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines Singapore2–02–02019 Southeast Asian Games

International senior goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 December 2021Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore Laos1–05–12020 AFF Championship

Honours

Club
PSM Makassar

International

Indonesia U-16

Indonesia U-19

Indonesia U-23

Indonesia

Individual

References
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