Marselino Ferdinan Philipus (born 9 September 2004) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 1 club

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and the Indonesia national team. He is the younger brother of

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. Marselino started his senior career with

in 2021, emerging through its youth system. During his first season he became a regular starter and won the Liga 1 Best Young Player Award and was named of as one of the 60 most talented and promising players by ''

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'' at the same year. Marselino has represented Indonesia at various youth level, finishing third at the

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and winning bronze medal at the

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. He made his senior international debut in 2022, becoming the second youngest Indonesian debutants and scored his first goal at the

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becoming the nation's youngest goalscorer.

Club career

Persebaya Surabaya

Marselino Ferdinan broke into the senior team of

in the 2021–22 Liga 1 season a few days after his 17th birthday following two years in its youth system. He debuted in a 12 September 2021 Liga 1 match against

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that ended with a 3-1 victory for Persebaya. On 6 November 2021, he scored his first league goal and saved his team from defeat in a 2–2 draw with rival Arema. On 4 December 2021, he scored the opening goal in the first half and give his first assists to Taisei Marukawa in Persebaya's 2–0 win over

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. On 5 January 2022, Marselino give another assists to

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in early of first half, and scoring in second half in Persebaya's 3–1 win over

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. nine days laters, he was involved in Persebaya's 2–1 win over

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, scoring in the 55th minute. On 23 August, Marselino scored the decisive goal before match ended in a 1–0 home win against

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at the

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, he was also selected as

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in that match.

International career

Marselino started to represent Indonesia from the age of 14 when he debuted in a Indonesia U-17 team match against Vietnam U-17 in the

. He scored his first international goal in that debut that ended with a 2–0 win. In October 2021, Marselino joined the Indonesia U23 team for

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against Tajikistan U-23 and Nepal U-23 during preparations in Tajikistan for the

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. On 26 October 2021, he debuted in an official U-23 international game as a substitute in a 2–3 loss against Australia U23 in the

. In January 2022, Marselino crossed another milestone when he was called up to the Indonesia senior team for two friendly matches against

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. He earned his first senior cap on 27 January 2022 in the first match that ended with a 4–1 win for Indonesia. He became the second-youngest Indonesian to play for the main national team at the age of 17 years 4 months and 18 days, just behind

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who debuted in the same match. Marselino was part of the Indonesia U-23 team that won bronze in the

. He scored two goals in the six matches that he played in that tournament, including in a 3-1 victory against Myanmar U23. Marselino became the youngest goal-scorer in the senior team after scoring against

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in the

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in a 7-0 win. Marselino was a part of the Indonesia U-20 team that played in the

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. On 16 September 2022, he scored a brace against Hong Kong U-20.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

International goals

International under-23 goals International senior goals

Honours

International

Indonesia U-16 *

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third place:

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Indonesia U-23 *

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Bronze medal:

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Individual

* Liga 1 Goal of the Month:

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, August 2022 * Liga 1 Young Player of the Month:

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* Liga 1 Best Young Player: 2021–22 * APPI Indonesian Football Award Best 11: 2021–22 * APPI Indonesian Football Award Best Young Footballer: 2021–22

References

External links

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