JAKARTA – The preparation of the Indonesian women's senior national team to appear in the 2022 Asian Cup has attracted a lot of attention from Indonesian football players.
The success story of reaching the final round has raised the popularity of the names in Rudy Eka Priyambada's squad. One of the most highlighted is the goalkeeper, Fani.
This 2004-born goalkeeper played an important role when Indonesia played a qualifying match. He was even able to carve a clean sheet when he got rid of Singapore.
Fani's presence can certainly give a lot of hope for Indonesia when playing the group stage later. Moreover, Fani and her colleagues are in a difficult group with Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Summarizing many sources, the goalkeeper who has a birthday on May 30 is the second youngest player in the senior national team squad. He is one year older than the younger player, Helsya Maesyaroh.
Fani is actually not a new name in the Garuda squad. He previously played for the Indonesian national team at the age of 16 while playing for the U-16 age group in 2018.
His name was getting more and more fluttering when he entered the U-16 so that many clubs in the country's highest caste football glanced. In 2019, he officially joined PSIS Semarang.
The talent of this girl from Banjarnegara apparently smelled inadvertently when the women's U-16 national team was holding a training camp in her hometown.
The team, which was coached by tactician Rully Nere at that time, did not have a goalkeeper. The vacancy of the goalkeeper made an impromptu selection to be made.
Incidentally, the selection was held at SMPN 1 Banjarnegara, where Fani goes to school. Of the 11 who registered to take part in the selection, it was Fani who managed to pass. In fact, he was previously a volleyball player.
Fani's potential began to be seen when she studied at the Goal Keeper Academy (UGKA). Slowly his potential was increasingly felt when he joined the Indonesian U-16 national team.
The Indonesian national team will play three matches in the group stage which will take place between January 20 and February 6. Australia will be the first opponent to face, followed by Thailand and the Philippines.
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