Ismed Sofyan

Ismed Sofyan

Personal information
Full name	Ismed Sofyan
Date of birth	(1978-08-28) 28 August 1978
Place of birth	Tualang Cut, Indonesia
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Persija Jakarta
Number	14
Youth career
1996−1997	Diklat Ragunan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997−1998	PSBL Langsa
1999−2000	Persiraja Banda Aceh	2	(0)
2001−2002	Persijatim Jakarta	41	(3)
2003−	Persija Jakarta	240	(17)
International career‡
1996−1997	Indonesia U18
1996	Indonesia U19
1999−2001	Indonesia U23
2000−2007	Indonesia	53	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2010

Ismed Sofyan (born in Tualang Cut, Aceh, 28 August 1979) is an Indonesian footballer, he normally plays as a wing back or right back and his height is 168 cm. He is a very fast player and good at shooting and assist. He has made 53 appearances for the Indonesia national football team.

Career

He played for both Indonesia U-19 and U-23 teams from 1997 to 2001. His first appearance for senior team was in Asian Cup 2000 in Lebanon. He substituted Budi Sudarsono at the second round in second game for Indonesia against Saudi Arabia in Group D Asian Cup 2007. He has been playing for Persija Jakarta since 2003. He is known as the greatest defender off all time in the history of Indonesian football. People dub him as Indonesian Sergio Ramos.

Honours

Country honors

Indonesia U-18

• Asian Schools Championship (1): 1996

Indonesia

• Indonesian Independence Cup (2): 2000, 2008

International goals

Ismed Sofyan: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 May 2001	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Maldives	0-2	0–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 September 2004	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	0-2	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	15 November 2008	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	0-1	2–1	2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup

External links

• FIFA profile