Ragnar Oratmangoen Hopes For A Beautiful Debut With The Indonesian National Team Against Vietnam

Ragnar Oratmangoen has trained with the Indonesian national team (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - Ragnar Oratmangoen has been able to appear with the Indonesian national team after the process of transferring the federation and naturalization is complete.

The match between the Indonesian national team vs Vietnam in the second round of Group F of the 2026 Asian Zone Qualification World Cup against Vietnam at My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, could be his debut party.

Ragnar hopes that this can be realized. The Fortuna Sittard player can't wait to defend the Indonesian national team.

"I am very happy, proud to be here. I hope I can get my debut with the Indonesian national team in Vietnam. God willing, it can be a beautiful memory for me," said Ragnar.

Ragnar had participated in the training camp before the Indonesian national team host Vietnam at the first meeting of the 2026 World Cup Qualification at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, March 21, 2024.

He admitted that his preparations had gone well, including in the Indonesian national team training session when Vietnam arrived on March 23, 2024.

"Preparation is going well. I'm trying to stay fit and not get sick. So far I'm still doing some physical training and ready to face matches," said Ragnar.

Meanwhile, regarding Vietnam's strength, Ragnar assessed that they were a tough team. While playing in SUGBK, Vietnam was considered capable of providing fierce resistance so that the Indonesian national team only won 1-0.

However, he believes that the Garuda squad is still much better than The Golden Star.

"They played quite well while in Jakarta, but I'm sure we can still play well," he said.

Ragnar and Thom Haye are the newest naturalized players for the Indonesian national team. Both are still absent during the Indonesian national team against Vietnam in SUGBK on March 21, 2024.

At that time, the process of transitioning the federation from KNVB (Netherlands) to PSSI (Indonesia) had not yet been completed even though the naturalization of Ragnar and Thom had been completed the previous week.

However, now all the processes have been completed. Ragnar and Thom were able to defend the Indonesian national team and were likely to get their debut against Vietnam.