JAKARTA - Hanif Sjahbandi has officially become a Persija Jakarta player for the 2022/2023 Liga 1 season. This player was brought from the East Java club, Arema FC.

Hanif Sjahbandi will reunite with Makan Konate, his teammate at Arema FC. The 25-year-old player also admitted that he had communicated with the foreign player belonging to Persija Jakarta.

Hanif said he was happy and excited to be playing again with Makan Konate. The dream of playing together again has finally come true at Persija Jakarta.

"He also misses being able to play with me again. The point is, we both want to play together again and that has materialized at Persija," said Hanif, on the club's official website.

Hanif then revealed the reason for choosing Persija as the next port. He did have a dream of playing for the city club that had raised him.

In addition, his late father also came from Jakarta. "I want to bring this team to victory," he said.

This former Indonesian national team player feels ready to give his best to bring Persija Jakarta to win the title. He considered, the results of last season can not be used as a benchmark because it is only a part of the process.

"I still see Persija Jakarta as a big team and filled with big players," said Hanif Sjahbandi.


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