Ferry Rotinsulu (born 28 December 1982 in

Palu Palu, which is officially known as the City of Palu (Indonesian: ''Kota Palu''), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi. Palu is located on the northwestern coast of Sulawesi and borders Donggala Regency to the north and west, Pari ...

Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 for ...

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) is a retired

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. He plays as

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. He was a goalkeeper for the

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. In the

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Rotinsulu was the third goalkeeper after Yandri Pitoy and

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. He was also a former member of Indonesia U-23 Team at Sea Games 2005

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, where he was the second choice goalkeeper after

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. ''"I want to be the son of Palu with good contribution for nation by playing football. I wouldn't reach only halfway in my career. I want to be number one goalkeeper."'' Ferry said. He is a spider on the web that's difficult to be perforated by enemies, said Arjuna Rinaldi, Sriwijaya's goalkeeping coach. Trying to be consistent and determined, Ferry wants to bring his club to the top achievement. His efforts came to be paid when Sriwijaya won double titles as the champion of Liga Indonesia 2007 and Piala Indonesia 2007. He became one of the key players to the success of the team's double winners. Rotinsulu reportedly became a goalkeeper because he is a big fan of Italian goalkeeper

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. Rotinsulu is a devout

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who observes the Islamic month of

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International career

In 2007, he played to represent the Indonesia U-23, in

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National Team Career

*2005: SEA Games Manila (U-23 Team) *2006: National Training Centre/Camp in

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and

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(U-23 Team) *2007:

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(Senior Team)

Honours

Club honors

;Sriwijaya *

Liga Indonesia The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top-flight footba ...

(1): 2007–08 *

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 ...

(1): 2011–12 *

Piala 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. ...

(3): 2007–08, 2008–09,

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Indonesian Community Shield The Indonesian Community Shield was a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Indonesia every year. It was contested by the winners of the Indonesia Super League/Indonesian Premier League and Piala Indonesia in th ...

(1):

Indonesian Inter Island Cup The Indonesian Inter Island Cup (IIC; id, Piala Antar Pulau) was a national level football tournament held in Indonesia and organized by PSSI as a pre-season tournament during the Indonesia Super League season break. The tournament involved best ...

(1): 2012

Country honors

;Indonesia *

Indonesian Independence Cup The Indonesian Independence Cup (Indonesian: ''Piala Kemerdekaan'') was an international football tournament organised by the Football Association of Indonesia to commemorate the independence day of the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia, of ...

(1):

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* * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Central Sulawesi Minahasa people Indonesian Muslims Indonesian footballers 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Indonesia international footballers People from Palu Sriwijaya F.C. players Persebaya Surabaya players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia {{Indonesia-footy-goalkeeper-stub