The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from Indonesia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indonesian Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 11 of which were born in Indonesia. This makes Indonesia the birth place of the 102nd most number of Soccer Players behind Cabo Verde, and The Gambia.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Indonesian Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Indonesian Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Indonesian Soccer Players.

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1. Beb Bakhuys (1909 - 1982)

With an HPI of 56.03, Beb Bakhuys is the most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Elisa Hendrik "Beb" Bakhuys (16 April 1909 – 7 July 1982) was a Dutch football player and manager.

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2. Eetje Sol (1881 - 1965)

With an HPI of 55.86, Eetje Sol is the 2nd most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Johan Wilhelm Eduard "Eetje" Sol (10 June 1881 – 21 October 1965) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HVV Den Haag. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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3. Achmad Nawir (1912 - 1995)

With an HPI of 53.97, Achmad Nawir is the 3rd most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Achmad Nawir (30 June 1912 – 1 April 1995) was an Indonesian doctor and footballer. Nawir played for HBS Soerabaja and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) national team.

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4. Caesar ten Cate (1890 - 1972)

With an HPI of 52.68, Caesar ten Cate is the 4th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Caesar Herman "Cees" ten Cate (August 20, 1890, in Ngawi – June 9, 1972, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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5. Edu Snethlage (1886 - 1941)

With an HPI of 52.47, Edu Snethlage is the 5th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Everardus "Edu" Snethlage (9 May 1886 – 12 January 1941) was a Dutch physician and footballer who played as a forward for HVV Quick and the Netherlands national team, becoming the all-time top scorer of the latter in 1909. Snethlage spent his entire playing career at HVV Quick in The Hague, thus being part of the so-called one-club men group. In total, he scored 53 goals in over 80 matches for the club, with his goalscoring performances proving crucial in helping the club win the Dutch championship in 1908, as well as three consecutive KNVB Cups between 1909 and 1911, netting once in a 6–1 win over HBS Craeyenhout in the final, to help his side win the only Cup title in the club's history. He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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6. Jan Kok (1889 - 1958)

With an HPI of 52.40, Jan Kok is the 6th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Johan "Jan" Adolph Frederik Kok (July 9, 1889 in Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies – December 2, 1958 in Zeist) was a Dutch football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.

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7. Emil Audero (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 47.63, Emil Audero is the 7th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Emilio Audero Mulyadi (born 18 January 1997) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Como and the Indonesia national team.

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8. Bambang Pamungkas (b. 1980)

With an HPI of 45.35, Bambang Pamungkas is the 8th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Bambang Pamungkas (born 10 June 1980) is an Indonesian football manager and former player. As a footballer, he predominantly played for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national football team. His natural position is striker. Pamungkas made his name in South East Asian football when he scored the only goal for Indonesia at the 2002 Tiger Cup semifinal against Malaysia, and was the tournament's top scorer with eight goals. Once regarded as one of the best striker in Southeast Asia. Pamungkas is considered to be an Indonesian living legend and most successful player in Indonesia. He is known with an outstanding header of the ball, and has a reputation for sharpness in the penalty box. He earned 85 caps and 37 goals with the Indonesia national team, and is perhaps the team's most popular player among its supporters. He was considered one of top ten Asian players of 2012 by ESPN Soccernet.

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9. Marselino Ferdinan (b. 2004)

With an HPI of 36.98, Marselino Ferdinan is the 9th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Marselino Ferdinan Philipus (born 9 September 2004) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for EFL Championship club Oxford United and the Indonesia national team. Ferdinan started his senior career with Persebaya Surabaya in 2021, emerging through its youth system. During his first season he became a regular starter and won the Liga 1 Best Young Player Award and was named of as one of the 60 most talented and promising players by The Guardian in the same year. He joined Belgian side Deinze in February 2023. After one-year-and-a-half with Deinze, he joined Oxford United on a free transfer in 2024. Ferdinan has represented Indonesia at various youth level, finishing third at the 2019 AFF U-15 Championship and winning a bronze medal at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games. He made his senior international debut in 2022, becoming the second youngest Indonesian debutant, and scored his first goal at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers becoming the nation's youngest goalscorer.

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10. Asnawi Mangkualam (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 33.19, Asnawi Mangkualam is the 10th most famous Indonesian Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Asnawi Mangkualam Bahar (born 4 October 1999), better known as Asnawi, is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays either as a right-back or a defensive midfielder for Thai League 1 club Port and the Indonesia national team.

People

Pantheon has 11 people classified as Indonesian soccer players born between 1881 and 2004. Of these 11, 5 (45.45%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Indonesian soccer players include Emil Audero, Bambang Pamungkas, and Marselino Ferdinan. The most famous deceased Indonesian soccer players include Beb Bakhuys, Eetje Sol, and Achmad Nawir. As of April 2024, 11 new Indonesian soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Beb Bakhuys, Eetje Sol, and Achmad Nawir.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Soccer Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Soccer Players since 1700.