Eleven players born outside Indonesia are on the list, including centre-back Elkan Baggott (1.96m tall, born in Thailand), Jordi Amat (1.84m, born in Spain), Justin Hubner (1.87m, born in the Netherlands), Jay Idzes (1.91m, born in the Netherlands), left-back Nathan Tjoe-A-On (1.82m, born in the Netherlands), right-back Sandy Walsh (1.83m, born in Belgium).
Midfielders Marc Klok (1m77, born in the Netherlands), Ivar Jenner (1m86, born in the Netherlands), Thom Haye (1m87, born in the Netherlands), strikers Rafael Struick (1m85, born in the Netherlands) and Ragnar Oratmangoen (1m80, born in the Netherlands) are also very notable factors.
Naturalized players flood the Indonesian team (Photo: AFP).
Among the 11 players born outside Indonesia, centre-back Jay Idzes, left-back Nathan Tjoe-A-On, midfielder Thom Haye and winger Ragnar Oratmangoen were called up to the Indonesian national team for the first time.
Midfielder Marc Klok is a veteran player, but will not participate in the 2023 Asian Cup. The remaining 6 players are members of the Indonesian team that defeated the Vietnamese team 1-0 in the group stage of the Asian Championship that took place not long ago.
The Indonesian team roster is still missing a familiar naturalized player, left-back Shayne Pattynama (1m86, born in the Netherlands) due to injury. In addition, goalkeeper Maarten Paes (1m92, born in the Netherlands) was also not called. Otherwise, Indonesia could use up to… 13 players born outside the country.
In the list of 28 Indonesian players just called up by coach Shin Tae Yong, there are 13 players playing abroad, of which 10 players are playing for clubs in Europe.
There are up to 13 Indonesian players playing abroad, of which 10 are playing football in Europe (Photo: AFC).
Indonesian players currently playing for European clubs include centre-back Elkan Baggott (Bristol Rovers, England), right-back Sandy Walsh (Mechelen, Belgium), centre-back Justin Hubner (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), centre-back Jay Idzes (Venezia, Italy), left-back Nathan Tjoe-A-On (SC Heerenveen, Netherlands).
Midfielders Marselino Ferdinan (Deinze, Belgium), Ivar Jenner (FC Utrecht, Netherlands), Thom Haye (SC Heerenveen, Netherlands), forwards Rafael Struick (ADO Den Haag, Netherlands) and Ragnar Oratmangoen (Fortuna Sittard, Netherlands).
In addition, Indonesia has three more players playing for clubs in Asia, including captain midfielder Asnawi Mangkualam (Port FC, Thailand), center back Jordi Amat (Johor Darul Tazim, Malaysia) and left back Pratama Arhan (Suwon FC, South Korea).
It can be said that Indonesia is currently the most internationalized team. It is expected that Indonesia will start recruiting players from March 17. On March 21, they will host the Vietnamese team at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta (Indonesia).
On March 22, they traveled to Vietnam to prepare for the away match against the Vietnamese team on March 26. These are matches within the framework of the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia.
List of 28 Indonesian players (Photo: PSSI).
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