Ilham Rio Fahmi (born 6 October 2001) 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 under-23 team.

Club career

Persija Jakarta

Fahmi is one of the young players promoted from the Persija Jakarta youth team. Fahmi made his first-team debut on 12 September 2021 as a substitute in a match against

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at the

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. In a match against

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on 22 October, he played the full 90 minutes for the first time in a 2–3 win in gameweek 8. Eight days later, Fahmi provided an assist for Alfriyanto Nico in a 2–2 draw over

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. On 26 January 2022, he scored his first league goal in a 1–2 victory against

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. Throughout the season, he was used a first choice right-back behind

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, finishing the season with 26 league appearance, scored one goal, and two assists. On 3 January 2022, Fahmi extended his contract with the club for three half years, it was announced by Persija through the club's official Instagram account. In the following season, Fahmi became a starter in the pre-season tournament 2022 Indonesia President's Cup on 25 June 2022, where he scored his first goal for Persija in a 1–2 loss to Borneo Samarinda. On 3 February 2023, he scored his first goal of the season in a 3–1 home win over RANS Nusantara. On 22 February, Fahmi provided an assist of the season for Hansamu Yama in a 2–1 home win over

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. On 15 April, Fahmi provided another assist for Michael Krmenčík in the last match of 2022–23 Liga 1 against

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. The game ended in a 5–0 victory for Persija.

International career

Rio was part of the Indonesia under-23 team that won bronze at the

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Career statistics

Club

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International goals

International under-23 goals

Honours

International

Indonesia U-23 *

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Bronze medal:

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* Southeast Asian Games Gold medal:

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Individual

* Liga 1 Best Young Player: 2022–23 * Liga 1 Team of the Season: 2022–23

References

External links

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Rio Fahmi
at Liga Indonesia {{DEFAULTSORT:Fahmi, Rio 2001 births Living people People from Banjarnegara Regency Indonesian men's footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Persija Jakarta players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Central Java Indonesia men's youth international footballers Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia