Makes Proud, Female Footballer Shakila Aurelia Joins Italian Club Roma CF

JAKARTA - Indonesian athletes have again inscribed pride, this time from a female footballer, Shakila Aurelia. The Indonesian women's national team defender has officially signed a contract with the Italian Women's Serie B club, Roma Calcio Femminile (CF).

This good news was shared directly by Shaki through his Instagram account. In an upload on Saturday, January 8, he showed the jersey of the club he will be defending.

Through a written statement, Shakila admitted that he was happy to be able to start a professional career in the second tier of the Italian Women's League.

"The first step in Europe. Proud to start playing at this club in the Italian Serie B," wrote Shalika in her upload on Instagram.

With Shalika officially becoming part of Romw CF, it means that she is the first Indonesian female footballer to have a career in Europe.

Shalika is a female footballer who graduated from the Coca Cola and Greenfields Cup in 2015. She has also studied at SSB Astam and Pro Direct Academy Indonesia in 2017.

Shalika is also recorded as having defended the U-16 Indonesian Women's National Team in 2017-2019 and the DKI Jakarta PON Women's soccer team. In addition, Shalika has also undergone trials at West Ham United Women and Bayern Munich Women.