Zahra Muzdalifah (born 4 April 2001) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays a

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for

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club Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies and the Indonesia women's national team.

Early life

Zahra Muzdalifah was born in

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on April 4, 2001. She started playing football from the age of 7, after her father introduced her to the sport.

Education

She continued her education while playing professional football in Indonesia. She completed her SD, SMP, and SMA qualification in 10 years. At the high school level, Zahra attended Islamic Secondary School International Middle School (IISS). Then proceed to the upper intermediate level at International Islamic High School. After completing her education at the senior secondary level, Zahra then continued her education at

Binus University Bina Nusantara University, also known as BINUS University, is a private university in Indonesia. The main campus of the university is located at Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta. Most of its campuses are located within the area of Greater Jakarta Regio ...

majoring in

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Career

She started her career in football by joining SSB Madani Meruya, she later joined SSB Patriot Merah Putih and then Zahra then joined ASIOP Football Academy in 2012. At the age of 12, she joined ASIOP Football Academy, where she gained the skills to appear in the Women's football competition which took place in

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. Muzdalifah was with the Ngapak FC futsal team and also the Jakarta 69 club. Her career became increasingly recognised when she became part of the

Persija Putri Persija Putri (English: ''Persija Women's''), is an Indonesia professional Women's football club based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Founded in 2019, the club is affiliated with men's professional association football club Persija Jakarta. It curre ...

, where she scored 1 goal on her debut against

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a 4-1 victory at

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, in the event

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, a top-flight women's football league in

. Her performance attracted several clubs she defended, including an invitation to join the Indonesian team, Srikandi Garuda at the

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in 2018. Not only as a player, but as a

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International goals

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muzdalifah, Zahra 2001 births Living people Indonesian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Indonesia women's international footballers Indonesian expatriate women's footballers Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in England Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Footballers from Jakarta