Witan Sulaeman

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Witan Sulaeman
Personal information
Full name Witan Sulaeman
Date of birth (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 (age 19)
Place of birth Palu, Indonesia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Lechia Gdańsk
Number 80
Youth career
2013–2015 SSB Galara
2016–2019 SKO Ragunan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 PSIM Yogyakarta 7 (0)
2020–2021 Radnik Surdulica 5 (0)
2021– Lechia Gdańsk 0 (0)
2021– Lechia Gdańsk II 1 (0)
National team‡
2021– Indonesia 4 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2021

Witan Sulaeman (born 8 October 2001) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Lechia Gdańsk and the Indonesia national team.

Club career[]

PSIM Yogyakarta[]

On 17 August 2019, Witan signed his first professional contract at the age of 17 with Liga 2 side PSIM Yogyakarta.[2]

Radnik Surdulica[]

At the age of 18, Witan joined Serbian SuperLiga club Radnik Surdulica in February 2020 on a three-and-a-half year deal.[3] However, the season was soon suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for a period of two-and-a-half months, during which he returned to Indonesia.[4] He finally made his professional debut on 14 June 2020, coming on for Bogdan Stamenković during a 4–2 SuperLiga defeat to Radnički Niš.[5][6]

Lechia Gdańsk[]

On 1 September 2021, Witan joined Polish club Lechia Gdańsk on a two-year contract. Witan joined shortly after his international teammate Egy Maulana departured to Senica in Slovakia.[7]

International career[]

At the age of 16, Witan made his international debut with Indonesia U19 in the 2017 Toulon Tournament on 31 May 2017 against Brazil U20 with a score of 1–0 defeat. Later that year he scored a brace in an 8–0 win over Brunei at the 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship.[8] He also scored in the third-place match against Myanmar.

At the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia,[9] Witan scored two goals in a group stage win over Chinese Taipei before scoring the lone goal in a 1–0 victory over the United Arab Emirates to lead his team to the quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years.[10]

Witan was part of the Indonesia under-23 team that won silver in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. He received a 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.[11][12]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 1 September 2021[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
PSIM Yogyakarta 2019 Liga 2 7 0 — — — 7 0
Radnik Surdulica 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2020–21 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Lechia Gdańsk 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Lechia Gdańsk II 2021–22 [14] IV liga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0

International[]

As of match played 11 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Indonesia 2021 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours[]

Indonesia U-19

Indonesia U-23

References[]

  1. ^ "Witan Sulaeman: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Alasan Witan Sulaiman Pilih Gabung Klub Liga 2". bolalob. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. ^ Raihan, Faishal (12 February 2020). "Transfer Witan Sulaiman ke Klub Serbia Jadi Sorotan Media Eropa" (in Indonesian). Kompas. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ Putra, Gerry (26 March 2020). "Pandemi Virus Corona, Witan Sulaiman Tinggalkan Serbia" (in Indonesian). bolalob.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ Sadheli, Mochamad (14 June 2020). "Witan Sulaiman Debut Tim Inti, Main 35 Menit pada Laga Resmi" (in Indonesian). Kompas. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ Widyantara, Gunawan (13 June 2020). "Wonderkid Indonesia Witan Sulaeman Tandai Debut Radnik Surdulica" (in Indonesian). Goal. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Witan Sulaeman Gabung Lechia Gdansk, Dikontrak 2 Tahun". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Ketua Umum PSSI Bangga Timnas U-19 ke Semifinal". Soccersindonews. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Witan Sulaiman, Pemain Kampung yang Kini Menjadi Aset Sepak Bola Indonesia" (in Indonesian). boombastis.com. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Afghanistan Ungkap Kelemahan Indonesia di Menit Krusial". www.kompas.id. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  12. ^ "Resmi, Ini 28 Pemain Timnas Indonesia Untuk Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2022". bola.tempo.com.
  13. ^ "Indonesia - W. Sulaeman - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  14. ^ "2021/22 IV Liga, Gr. pomorska". lechia.net.
  15. ^ Yan (26 February 2019). "Indonesia beat Thailand 2-1 to win AFF U-22 Championship". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Witan Sulaeman Samai The Footprint of Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto During First Debut in Europe". indosport.com. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

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