Firza Andika

Firza Andika (born 11 May 1999) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national team.[3]

Firza Andika
Personal information
Full name Firza Andika
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999[1]
Place of birth Medan, Indonesia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Persija Jakarta
Number 3
Youth career
2008–2015 Tasbi Soccer School
2015–2017 Semen Padang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 PSMS Medan 9 (0)
2019–2020 Tubize 0 (0)
2019 → PSM Makassar (loan) 3 (0)
2020 → PSM Makassar (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2022 Persikabo 1973 28 (1)
2022– Persija Jakarta 0 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 Indonesia U19 14 (3)
2019– Indonesia U23 16 (0)
2021– Indonesia 1 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Indonesia
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
2017 Myanmar
2018 IndonesiaTeam
AFF U-22 Youth Championship
Winner2019 CambodiaTeam
Southeast Asian Games
2019 Philippines Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2021

Early career

Firza started his football training at the age of nine at the Tasbi soccer school in his hometown of Medan in North Sumatra province. Before he graduated from high school, he moved to West Sumatra province to train at Semen Padang F.C.'s academy when the club was still playing in the top-tier of Indonesian football. He received his first call to the Indonesia national under-19 football team selection while he was here.[4]

Club career

PSMS Medan

Firza chose to return to his hometown upon his entry to professional football and joined Liga 1 club PSMS Medan in January 2018.[5]

He made his first-team debut for PSMS Medan when he was part of the starting lineup of a 2018 Liga 1 match against Persija Jakarta on 6 April 2018, in which PSMS won.[6] However, he failed to help prevent his club from being relegated to Liga 2 at the end of the 2018 Liga 1 season. [7]

AFC Tubize

In November 2018, Firza flew to Europe to trial with Belgian lower-league club AFC Tubize and Spanish Tercera Division club UD Alzira.[8] In January 2019, Firza Andika signed a two-year contract for AFC Tubize with the condition he would join in March 2019 after the 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship.[9] However, upon his return he was embroiled in a salary dispute there and failed to play a single game for the club. As a solution, he was loaned to Liga 1 PSM Makassar for the remainder of the 2019 Liga 1 season.

PSM Makassar (loan)

Firza extended his stay at PSM Makassar on loan for the 2020 Liga 1 season.[10]

Firza made his debut on 1 September 2019 as a substitute in a match against Persela Lamongan.[11] Despite the competition being canceled after three matchdays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not return to Tubize.

Persikabo 1973

At the end of his problematic contract with Tubize, Firza in early 2021 joined Liga 1 club Persikabo 1973,[12] which is supported by the Indonesian military. At the same time, Firza enrolled himself into the Indonesian Air Force. Firza made his debut on 3 September 2021 as a substitute in a match against Madura United.[13]

Persija Jakarta

Firza was signed for Persija Jakarta to played in Liga 1 on 2021–22 season.[14]

International career

On 31 May 2017, Firza debuted for the Indonesia U-19 team in a match against Brazil U20 in the 2017 Toulon Tournament in France.[15] Firza was also one of the players who strengthened the Indonesia U19 team in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.[16] He was part of the Indonesia team that won silver in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.

Firza received his first call to join the senior Indonesian national football team in May 2021. He earned his first senior cap in a 25 May 2021 friendly match in Dubai against Afghanistan.[17][18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 March 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PSMS Medan 2018 Liga 1 9000—0090
Tubize 2018–19 Belgian First Division B 0000—0000
PSM Makassar (loan) 2019 Liga 1 3000—0030
2020–21 Liga 1 0000—0000
Total 3000—0030
Persikabo 1973 2021 Liga 1 28100—3[lower-alpha 1]1312
Persija Jakarta 2022–23 Liga 1 0000—0000
Career total 40100—31432
  1. Appearances in Menpora Cup

International
As of match played 11 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Indonesia 202110
Total10

Honours

International

Indonesia U-19

Indonesia U-23

References
  1. "Firza Andika: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. "Firza Andika". www.pssi.org. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. "FIRZA ANDIKA ANTUSIAS HADAPI TIMNAS JEPANG U-19" (in Indonesian). www.goal.com.
  4. "Firza Andika, Dari SSB Kampung Kini Membela Timnas Indonesia U-19" (in Indonesian). tribun medan.
  5. "Resmi, Ini 22 Pemain yang Sudah Dikontrak PSMS" (in Indonesian). www.topskor.id. January 11, 2018.
  6. "PSMS Medan vs Persija Jakarta". Soccerway.com (in Indonesian). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. "Tiga Tim yang Terdegradasi dari Liga 1 2018" (in Indonesian). kompas.com. December 9, 2018.
  8. "Perkembangan Terbaru Trial Firza Andika bersama AFC Tubize" (in Indonesian). www.bolasport.com. November 13, 2018.
  9. "Firza Andika gabung AFC Tubize setelah AFF U22" (in Indonesian). bola.kompas.com. January 30, 2019.
  10. "Firza Andika Gabung PSM Makassar dengan Status Pinjaman" (in Indonesian). detik.com. February 4, 2020.
  11. "PSM Makassar vs Persela Lamongan" (in Indonesian). soccerway.com. September 1, 2019.
  12. "Firza Andika Wajah Terbaru Yang Merapat ke Tira-Persikabo". bolalob.com.
  13. "Persikabo 1973 vs. Madura United - 3 September 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  14. "Persija Resmi Rekrut Firza Andika". bola.kompas.com. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  15. "Toulon Tournament: Brazil U-20 vs Indonesia U-19". Goal.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  16. "Resmi! Daftar 23 Pemain Timnas Indonesia U-19 di Piala Asia U-19 2018". bolalob.com (in Indonesian). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  17. "Afghanistan Ungkap Kelemahan Indonesia di Menit Krusial". www.kompas.id. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  18. "Resmi, Ini 28 Pemain Timnas Indonesia Untuk Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2022". bola.tempo.com.
  19. Yan (26 February 2019). "Indonesia beat Thailand 2-1 to win AFF U-22 Championship". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  20. "Final SEA Games 2019, Timnas U23 Indonesia Lawan Vietnam". Kompas. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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