Kurniawan Kartika Ajie (born 20 June 1996) is an Indonesian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang.

Club career

Persiba Balikpapan

In 2016, Kurniawan promotion to senior team of

Persiba Balikpapan Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Balikpapan, commonly known as Persiba Balikpapan, is an professional football club based in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The club plays in Liga 2, after relegation from Liga 1 in 2017 season. The club ...

2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League. Persipura won the title on ...

. He quickly rose as the team's starting goalkeeper, appearing in 11 matches in two seasons Indonesia Soccer Championship A and Liga 1.

Arema FC

In 2018, Ajie signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Arema. He made his league debut on 24 March 2018 in a match against

Mitra Kukar Persatuan Sepakbola Mitra Kutai Kartanegara is an Indonesian association football club based in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. They currently compete in the Liga 3. History This club was founded in 1979 as NIAC Mitra. NIAC stoo ...

at the

Kanjuruhan Stadium Kanjuruhan Stadium (Indonesian: ''Stadion Kanjuruhan'') was a multi-purpose stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 42,449. It was the home ground of Arema, a football team in ...

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 ...

RANS Cilegon (loan)

He was signed for RANS Cilegon to play in Liga 2, on loan form Liga 1 club Arema. Kartika Ajie made his league debut on 5 October 2021 in a match against

Persekat Tegal Perserikatan Sepakbola Kabupaten Tegal or Persekat is a football club based in Tegal Regency, Central Java. They are currently playing at Liga 2 and their homebase is Tri Sanja Stadium. Players Current squad ...

at the

Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium ( id, Stadion Madya Gelora Bung Karno) or simply Madya Stadium is a secondary stadium in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex with a capacity of 9,170 (20.000++ for concerts). It is used mostly for track and field at ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

Barito Putera (loan)

In January 2022, Ajie signed a contract with Liga 1 club

Barito Putera Persatuan Sepak Bola Barito Putera, also known as Barito Putera, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. The club currently competes in the Liga 1. History Foundation and Galatama era (1988–1994 ...

on loan from Arema. He made his league debut in a 2–0 loss against

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

on 14 January 2022 at the

Kompyang Sujana Stadium Kompyang Sujana Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, and the home of Indonesia Liga 3 club Perseden Denpasar. It has a capacity of 7,000 spectators. In 2021, the field renovation has been carried out. Stadium lightin ...

, Denpasar.

Persik Kediri

Kartika Ajie was signed for Persik Kediri to play in Liga 1 in the

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

season. He made his league debut on 19 August 2022 in a match against PSIS Semarang at the

Jatidiri Stadium Jatidiri Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home stadium of PSIS Semarang. The stadium holds 25,000 people. In addition to a stadium, in this complex th ...

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Arema * Indonesia President's Cup:

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

RANS Cilegon * Liga 2 runner-up:

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

International

Indonesia U-23 * Southeast Asian Games Bronze medal:

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Indonesia * Aceh World Solidarity Cup runner-up:

Individual

* East Kalimantan Governor Cup Best Young Player:

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

References

External links

*
Kartika Ajie
at Liga Indonesia Living people 1996 births Indonesian men's footballers People from Balikpapan Persiba Balikpapan players Arema F.C. players RANS Nusantara F.C. players PS Barito Putera players Persik Kediri players Persita Tangerang players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Footballers from East Kalimantan Indonesia men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games {{Indonesia-footy-goalkeeper-stub