Pratama Arhan Alif Rifai (born 21 December 2001) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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for J2 League club

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and the Indonesia national team. He is most known for his powerful throw-ins and free kicks. Arhan was also a nominee of the AFC's 11 players to watch in 2023.

Club career

PSIS Semarang

Pratama Arhan made his first-team debut for

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in the

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, in which he played 90 minutes in all of his team's four matches in the tournament that preluded the 2021 Liga 1 season. He scored two goals in that competition, one of them was a free-kick that was among the best goals in the tournament. He also won the tourney's Best Young Player award. Arhan made his league debut on 4 September 2021 in a match against

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Tokyo Verdy

On 16 February 2022, Arhan is officially signed with J2 League club,

for a two-year contract with free transfer fee. Arhan made his league debut on 6 July 2022, against

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in a 1–0 victory. On 19 January 2023, Arhan's contract was renewed by Tokyo Verdy ahead of 2023 season. Arhan participated twice in 2023 edition of Emperor's Cup, when Tokyo Verdy eventually lost to their capital city rivals, FC Tokyo, in the 3rd round match on 12 July 2023. On 6 August 2023, Arhan played for 10 minutes in his second league match overall and first in a year when Verdy lost 0-1 at home to Shimizu S-Pulse.

International career

Arhan debuted for the Indonesia U-19 team when it faced the Bulgaria U-19 in a friendly on 5 September 2020 in

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. He captained the same team during another friendly match in the two-month Croatia training, this time Indonesia drew with the North Macedonia U-19 team. He received a call to join the senior

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in May 2021. He earned his first senior cap in a 25 May 2021 friendly match in

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against

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. On 19 December 2021, Arhan scored his debut goal for the national team in a

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game against

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. and he also became

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in that match. On 25 December 2021, Arhan scored again against

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in the second leg of semi-final in a 4-2 victory after extra-time. He was awarded the "Young Player of the Tournament" for the tournament. On 24 September 2022, Arhan made two assists, with one of them through a long throw-in, in a friendly match against Curaçao in a 3–2 win. Arhan was called up for his two

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tournament by

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. On 2 January 2023, Arhan give another assists from long thrown-in to

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in Indonesia's 0–2 away win against

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Career statistics

Club

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International

International goals

International under-23 goals International senior goals

Honours

Indonesia U23 *

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gold medal:

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Indonesia *

runner-up:

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Individual * Menpora Cup Best Young Player:

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* Menpora Cup Best Eleven:

Young Player of the Tournament:

References

External links

Pratama Arhan
at Liga Indonesia * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arhan, Pratama 2001 births Living people Indonesian men's footballers Indonesia men's youth international footballers Indonesia men's international footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players PSIS Semarang players People from Blora Regency Men's association football defenders J2 League players Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Tokyo Verdy players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Footballers from Central Java Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football