Achmad Kurniawan (31 October 1979 – 10 January 2017) was an Indonesian footballer, who played for
Arema Cronus
Arema Football Club is an Indonesian professional football club based in Malang, East Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top flight of Indonesian Football. They are considered one of the best and most successful football clubs in ...
in the
Indonesia Super League
Liga 1 ( en, League 1), also known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by the PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 i ...
as a
goal keeper. He is also the older brother of goal keeper
Kurnia Meiga
Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah (born 7 May 1990) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is also the younger brother of former goalkeeper Achmad Kurniawan, who also played for Arema.
In 2008-09 Indonesia Super League he rec ...
.
On 29 December 2016, Kurniawan was treated in an
intensive care unit
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following a
heart attack
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and going into a
coma
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. Kurniawan later died at the Saiful Anwar hospital
Malang
Malang (; ) is a landlocked List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of Singhasari, Singhasari Kingdom. It is the second most popul ...
, Indonesia on 10 January 2017, aged 37.
Honours
Club honors
;Arema
*
Copa Indonesia
Piala Indonesia ( 'Indonesia Cup') is the professional annual cup competition for football clubs in Indonesia. Originally, it started from the semi-professional football era in 1985 as Piala Liga, which ran until 1989 under Galatama competition. ...
(1):
2006
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*East Java Governor Cup (1): 2013
*Menpora Cup (1): 2013
*
Indonesian Inter Island Cup
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(1):
2014/15
;Persik Kediri
*East Java Governor Cup (1): 2008
References
External links
Profile Ahmad Kurniawan
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1979 births
2017 deaths
Betawi people
Indonesian footballers
Persita Tangerang players
Arema F.C. players
Persik Kediri players
Semen Padang F.C. players
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Indonesian Premier League players
Indonesian Premier Division players
Sportspeople from Jakarta
Association football goalkeepers
20th-century Indonesian people
21st-century Indonesian people