Lerby Eliandry Pong Babu (born 21 November 1991) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a striker for Liga 1 club

Bali United Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...

Club career

Bali United

Lerby started his career in

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with a good record. He made three goals in two games, and he managed to equal his total goal scores in last season. Lerby scored all three goals for

against

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and

Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesian football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2. Persipura used to always use the Mandala Stadium as their hom ...

Borneo FC

Lerby joined in early 2016. and made his debut in the 2016 East Kalimantan Governor Cup and

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. Lerby scored his debut in the seventh week against

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. He coming as a substitute.

Return to Bali United

On 5 January 2020, it was confirmed that Lerby would re-join

, signing a year contract. He made his league debut on 1 March 2020 in a match against

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. On 6 March 2020, Lerby scored his first goal for Bali United against Barito Putera in the 66th minute. This season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the

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. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.

International career

He made his debut for the Indonesia national football team in the

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against

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on 19 November 2016. and made his first international goals against Thailand national team. Just two minutes later Indonesia strike again and stun the Thais when Lerby Eliandry nods the balls into the back of the net after a cross from

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Eliandry is a devout

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who routinely listens to religious Christian music before games, a fact that he keeps private from his Muslim teammates and coaches. Eliandry is an ethnic

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and is married to Risma Syahrozad, whom he wed on 22 May 2017.

Honours

Club

;Persisam Putra Samarinda U-21 *

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runner-up:

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;Borneo *

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runner-up:

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;Bali United * Liga 1: 2021–22

International

;Indonesia *

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runner-up:

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eliandry, Lerby 1991 births Living people Indonesian footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Putra Samarinda F.C. players Bali United F.C. players Borneo F.C. Samarinda players Sportspeople from East Kalimantan People from Samarinda Indonesian Protestants Torajan people Indonesia men's international footballers Indonesia men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards