Episodes
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FI 12: Goran Gancev - I hope in five to 10 years Liga 1 will be very attractive for Euro players
Goran Gancev is one of the nomads of the Indonesian League. The veteran defender has featured for PSMS Medan, Persebaya, Semen Padang, Borneo, Arema, Gresik United and now Sriwijaya FC. His sort of footballing story is rarely told. He was capped at Under-21 level for his native Macedonia and then...
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FI 11: Jacksen F. Tiago: Why I 'kill a lion' every day in training
Jacksen F. Tiago is one of the biggest characters in Indonesia football. As a strong, free-scoring striker, he won the League with Persebaya in 1997 and, after retiring, coached the same team to same honour six years later. Since then, Tiago has led Mitra Kukar, Persipura Jayapura and had a spell...
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FI 10: Peter Butler: Persipura, SE Asia and Africa... via Halifax
Peter Butler has had one hell of a life in football. The midfielder scored in all four professional divisions in England during a playing career spanning more than 500 games. He then forged a profession as a coach in Africa and south-east Asia. His CV includes Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa...
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FI 09: Kim Kurniawan: Football, life and Persib Bandung
Kim Kurniawan has had a tough road to success as a professional footballer. The midfielder suffered a couple of career-threatening injuries and had to travel thousands miles away from the country of his birth. However he has battled back to become a crucial part of the squad at Persib Bandung…
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FI 08: Danny Guthrie - Why I moved to Mitra Kukar
The 2018 Liga1 campaign is nearly upon us. One of the most eye-catching pre-season signings has been Mitra Kukar’s capture of Danny Guthrie. The midfielder has extensive experience in the Premier League and The Championship in England. He rose through the ranks at Liverpool then featured for a…
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FI 07: Arthur Irawan - Europe, entrepreneurship and fighting back
Arthur Irawan is a rarity in Indonesian football. He comes from Jakarta but received his education in the game in England, Spain and Belgium with the likes of Manchester United, Espanyol and Malaga. In 2017 he returned back home to spend his first full season playing in Indonesia. But it was far...
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FI 06: Antony Sutton/Jakarta Casual 2 - looking back on 2017
We are deep in the close season of GO-JEK Traveloka Liga 1. So Indonesian football blogger Antony Sutton (aka Jakarta Casual) has returned to discuss the progress of the first season back after the FIFA ban. We talked over the following: Bhayangkara becoming champions Bali United's title…
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FI 05: Nick van der Velden - Bali United's grandfather, Van Gaal and winning titles
The race for the Liga1 title is hotting up and Bali United are in the thick of it. My guest is Nick van Velden, a veteran midfielder from the Netherlands who joined the Islanders last summer. Educated in the Ajax academy, Van der Velden went on to play for a host of sides in the Dutch top flight,...
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FI 04: Marc Anthony Klok - I want to play for the Indonesian national team
Marc Anthony Klok is a defensive midfielder with PSM Makassar. The 24-year-old grew up in Holland but played in England, Scotland and Bulgaria before arriving in Indonesia at the start of this season. With just a few games left in GOJEK Traveloka Liga 1, Makassar are in the thick of the title…
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FI 03: Raphael Maitimo - a football education with Dutch legends
Raphael Maitimo plays for the biggest club in Indonesia, Persib Bandung. The Dutch midfielder learnt the game with the best players his country has produced in recent year but his career took a different path - to Asia. He tells us about life as a player in Indonesia.
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FI 02: Antony Sutton/Jakarta Casual - the fans' perspective
Antony Sutton describes himself as "a freelance writer based in South East Asia looking at football from the terraces, the sofa or the pub." He writes the popular blog Jakarta Casual and has just published a book on the Indonesian game. He explained the challenges the sport faces in Indonesia and...
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FI 01: Raphael Hartman - Marketing the Indonesian League
Welcome to Football Indonesia, a podcast looking at the beautiful game in a beautiful country. Indonesia is the most populous nation in which football is the No1 sport, however its history has been complicated and difficult. There was renewed hope in 2017 when a two-year FIFA was lifted and a new...
About this show
Casting an outsider’s eye of the resurgence of Indonesia football by talking to leading players, administrators, journalists and observers
Hosted by
Richard Clarke
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