Mursyid Effendi (born 23 April 1972) is an Indonesian former

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who played as a defender.

Career

Effendi played club football for

Persebaya Surabaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...

and

Persiku Kudus Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kudus (simply known as Persiku Kudus) is an Indonesian football club based in Kudus, Central Java. They currently compete in the Liga 3. Their best achievement was when in 2005 Liga Indonesia Second Division, t ...

. He also earned a total of five caps for the Indonesian national team.

Own goal

On 31 August 1998, while playing for

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in a 1998 Tiger Cup group match against

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, Effendi deliberately scored an

own goal An own goal, also called a self goal, is where a player performs actions that result in them or their team scoring a goal on themselves, often resulting in a point for the opposing team, such as when a football player kicks a ball into their own ...

to affect the outcome of the match; he was banned for life from international football by FIFA.

References

1972 births Living people Indonesian footballers Indonesia international footballers Sportspeople banned for life Association football defenders Persebaya Surabaya players {{Indonesia-footy-defender-stub