Irfan Bachdim

Irfan Bachdim is an Indonesian footballer who is currently playing for the Indonesian football club, Persema Malang. His father, Noval Bachdim, is an Indonesian while his mother is Dutch[citation needed].

He started his career for Ajax, but moved to Hoofdklasse side SV Argon after 3 years. He became the top scorer in the league, despite his position as a midfielder. FC Utrecht scouted him and brought him to FC Utrecht. Now he is the first choice at FC Utrecht Junior team and sometimes playing for the reserve team. He made his debut for FC Utrecht in Eredivisie on 17 February 2008, playing 90 minutes against VVV-Venlo.[1]

When the Indonesia national under-23 football team had a training camp in the Netherlands, Irfan played a number times for the team, but he got injured a week before going to the 2006 Asian Games.

On July 2009 he had signed for HFC Haarlem in a free transfer deal. On March 2010 he went trial in Persib Bandung and Persija Jakarta but none of them signed him.

Irfan Bachdim desire to graze in Indonesia is finally realized. Officially, the 22-years-old player joined the club Persema Malang. The signing of the contract itself is conducted in Persema Mess, Monday (09/08/2010).

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Personal information
Date of birth August 11, 1988 (1988-08-11) (age 22)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Second Striker/Forward
Club information
Current club Persema Malang
Youth career
1999–2001
2002
2003–2007 Ajax Amsterdam
HFC Haarlem
FC Utrecht
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2008–2009
2009
2010– FC Utrecht
HFC Haarlem
Persema Malang 1 (0)
19 (2)
5 (3)
National team
2010– Indonesia 2 (0)

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irfan_Bachdim