Diego Michiels

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Diego Michiels
Personal information
Full name Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels
Date of birth (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Deventer, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Club information
Current team
 Arema
Number 24
Youth career
2006 DVV RDC
2007–2009 Go Ahead Eagles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Go Ahead Eagles 17 (0)
2011–2013 Pelita Jaya 2 (0)
2012 → Arema Indonesia (loan) 18 (0)
2013–2014 Sriwijaya 11 (0)
2014–2015 Mitra Kukar 26 (1)
2015–2021 Borneo 75 (1)
2021– Arema 0 (0)
National team‡
2011–2013 Indonesia U23 16 (0)
2012–2015 Indonesia 3 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2014

Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels or Diego Michiels (born 8 August 1990 in Deventer, Netherlands) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga 1 club Arema.

International career[]

Michiels was born in the Netherlands to an Indonesian father and Dutch mother. In 2011, Diego and Joey Suk were invited by the Indonesian Football Association to play for the Indonesia national under-23 football team in Jakarta. According to the newspaper report, he was interested in joining the Indonesian national team, even though he would have to give up his Dutch passport. Along with Joey and Ruben Wuarbanaran, was able to play for the Indonesia.[3] He made his debut for Indonesia in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Bahrain on 29 February 2012.[4]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 13 May 2021
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Go Ahead Eagles 2009–10 Eerste Divisie 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
2010–11 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
Pelita Jaya 2011–12 Indonesia Super League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Arema Indonesia (loan) 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0
Sriwijaya 2013 Indonesia Super League 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Mitra Kukar 2014 Indonesia Super League 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2015 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Borneo 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2017 Liga 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 1
2018 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
2019 11 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 19 0
2020 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2021 0 0 0 0 — 1[d] 0 1 0
Arema 2021 Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 131 2 6 0 2 0 8 0 147 2
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Piala Indonesia
  2. ^ Appearances in AFC Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Indonesia President's Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in Menpora Cup

International[]

As of match played 11 December 2014
Indonesia national team
Year Apps Goals
2012 2 0
2013 0 0
2014 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

Country honours[]

Indonesia U-23

Personal life[]

On November 9, 2012, Diego allegedly violated two criminal code articles on assault in a Jakarta nightclub and faced at least three months and twenty days in jail. On March 7, 2013, he was released from jail.[5]

Diego converted to Islam in 2013 and took the Islamic name Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Diego Michiels". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Diego Michiels: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ JPNN.com. "Paspor Tiga Pemain Naturalisasi Tuntas".
  4. ^ "Bahrain vs. Indonesia 10 - 0". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-12-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber. "Diego Michiels Masuk Islam di Ruang Sidang - Kompas.com".

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