Kurnia Sandy

Kurnia Sandy
Personal information
Full name	Kurnia Sandy
Date of birth	24 August 1975
Place of birth	Semarang, Indonesia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Indonesia national football team (GK coach)
Youth career
1993	PSSI Primavera
1994	Sampdoria Primavera
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Pelita Jaya
1996–1997	Sampdoria
1997–2000	Pelita Jaya
2000–2001	Persikabo Bogor
2001–2003	PSM Makassar
2003–2006	Arema Malang
2006–2008	Persik Kediri
2008–2009	Persebaya Surabaya
2009–2010	Mitra Kukar
2010–2011	Bandung FC
Total
National team
1995–1998	Indonesia
Teams managed
2013–2015	Frenz United (goalkeeper coach)
2016–2017	T-Team F.C. (goalkeeper coach)
2018	Sriwijaya F.C. (goalkeeper coach)
2018	Indonesia (goalkeeper coach)
2019–2021	Madura United F.C. (goalkeeper coach)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kurnia Sandy is a retired Indonesian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1] He played at Sampdoria's primavera (youth) team with Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Bima Sakti but not like his other former teammates, Kurnia succeeded to break into the first team and become the fourth choice goalkeeper for one season during the Sven-Göran Eriksson's era.^[2] At one time when Sampdoria's first-choice goalkeeper Fabrizio Ferron is red-carded, Sampdoria attempted to promote Sandy into the first team as a backup for Matteo Sereni, but apparently, his management has yet to process Sandy's permit-related papers. Thus Sampdoria's entry was denied by the FIGC.

Sandy made a memorable performance during Asian Cup where he denied at least 6 clear chance during the game against Kuwait, before rough contact against Kuwaiti player injures him and the game eventually ended 2-2. Sandy's injury was serious enough and forced him to recover for the rest of the tournament. Sandy's replacement Hendro Kartiko fine performance, and apparent dip in performance in the local league after his injury, made him lose the spot for the first choice goalkeeper in the national team to Kartiko.