JAKARTA - The U-20 Indonesian national team player, Jens Raven, received the spotlight of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ahead of the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup match. The striker is included in the list of 16 players who are predicted to shine in this tournament.
Ahead of the tournament which began on February 12, 2025, the AFC released players who will be the mainstay of each participating team. Predictions of players who will shine are those who fill striker posts, midfielders, and defenders.
Jens Raven became the name chosen as a player who predicted to appear convincing. Goal productivity became an AFC reference to put the 19-year-old bomber on the list of players to watch out for.
"The player is impressive with three goals in the qualifying phase while at the same time bringing Indonesia to the top of the Group F standings above Yemen, Timor Leste, and the Maldives."
"The 19-year-old is now playing for the young Dordrecht team in the Netherlands," wrote the AFC via their resi website quoted Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
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Following Jens Raven, the AFC also released the names of other players who are no less dangerous. If you look at the Group D list where Indonesia is with Uzbekistan U-20, Iran U-20, and Yemen U-20, Raven is side by side with other famous names.
In the Uzbekistan camp, the AFC appointed Saidumarkhon Saidnurullayev to be included in the list of players who are predicted to shine. Not without reason, the 19-year-old striker scored four goals in the qualifying round.
Meanwhile, Iran was represented by Emaeil Gholizadeh who had contributed three goals in the qualifying phase.
He also contributed in three consecutive wins for Iran to qualify for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup finals.
Shifting to Yemen, there is Abdulrahman Abdulnabi who is considered a potential player. The 16-year-old player is considered to have an important role for the team with a contribution of two goals in the qualifying round.
The 2025 U-20 Asian Cup will take place from February 12 to March 1, 2025 in Shenzen, China.
The four teams that set foot in the semifinals will automatically get tickets to the 2025 U-20 World Cup in Chile.
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