Ahead Of FIFA Matchday, The List Of Injured National Team Players Increases, Most Recently Maarten Paes

Maarten Paes is reportedly injured and may be absent from defending the Indonesian national team on FIFA Matchday Instagram/@fcdallas).

Ahead of the FIFA Matchday agenda for the Indonesian national team in September 2025, the list of injured players increased. Most recently, it is known that Maarten Paes is also in poor condition.

The news that Paes was injured was shared directly on his team's official X page, FC Dallas. The club has confirmed the 27-year-old goalkeeper suffered an upper leg injury, which also ruled Paes out the match against Austin FC on Sunday, August 17, 2025.

"Maarten Paes, goalkeeper, upper leg injury. absent status," wrote a Dallas FC statement quoted Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

Regarding Paes' injury, the club did not detail the duration of the player's recovery. However, what is certain is that the former Utrecht FC goalkeeper had to be sidelined in some time.

Not only Paes, other Indonesian national team players were reportedly injured. Kevin Diks, who is currently in the Bundesliga club, Borussia Monchengladbach, also had to be sidelined while competing against Atlas Delmenhorst in the First Round of the DFB Pokal, Sunday, August 17, 2025.

Like Paes, certainty about when the duration of Kevin Diks' absence could not be confirmed. The club is trying to find Kevin Diks' coating while the transfer market has not been closed.

Previously, the Indonesian national team was also confirmed to have lost Ole Romeny. The striker suffered an injury after appearing in the 2025 President's Cup and had to return to his club, Oxford United, to undergo surgery on his feet.

Given that the Indonesian national team will continue their struggle in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification, the injury problem of a number of players is clearly a tough test.

Moreover, the Garuda Squad will compete with Iraq and Saudi Arabia in October 2025.

However, before fighting in the 2026 World Cup Qualification, the Indonesian national team will also first undergo two friendly matches against Kuwait (5 September 2025) and Lebanon (8 September 2025) on the FIFA Matchday agenda.