The Twists And Turns Of Witan Sulaeman's Career Travel, From Liga 2, Europe To Berlabuh To Persija Jakarta

Witan Sulaeman joins Persija Jakarta. (Photo: Doc. Persija Jakarta)

YOGYAKARTA The twists and turns of Witan Sulaeman's career, the Indonesian national team star who is now anchored to Persija Jakarta, can be seen in the following article.

The player who was born in Palu, Central Sulawesi, October 8, 2001 was brought to Jakarta with a transfer obligation status from Slovak club, AS Trencin. Witan is contracted with a period of 3.5 years or 42 months.

The new Persija Jakarta player arrived in Jakarta on Thursday, February 2, 2023 afternoon. Persija Jakarta through its official Instagram account invites all of The Jakmania (Persija Jakarta supporters) to also welcome Witan's arrival.

Summarized from various sources, Saturday, February 4, 2022, Witan Sulaeman started his football career when he entered the Galara Utama soccer school (SSB) in Palu City. At that time, he was still in junior high school.

While playing for SSB Galara, Witan was often assigned to the Indonesian Student League and the Kemenpora Cup.

After graduating from junior high school, Witan complained about his fate by advancing to the capital. He flew to Jakarta to take part in the selection at a club and was accepted at PPLP Ragunan or Ragunan Training.

It turned out that this was a really meaningful point for Witan's career. He met Egy Maulana Vikri and finally broke into the U-19 Indonesian national team together.

The first international football tournament that Witan participated in with the Indonesian U-19 national team was the Toulon Cup in France.

Not only that, Witan Sulaeman also participated in the 2019 SEA Games with the U-23 Indonesian national team.

At the 2020 AFF Cup, Witan Sulaeman managed to get the title as the player with the most assists. In this event, Witan provided five assists for Indonesia's goals until the final.

However, the Garuda squad failed to bring home the 2020 AFF Cup trophy. The Indonesian national team lost 2-6 in the 2020 AFF Cup final two legs against Thailand.

In 2018, Witan had a relationship with a European club. At that time, his name was widely reported to be following in the footsteps of Egy Maulana who was able to penetrate the Lechia Gdansk squad.

On November 16, 2018, Deputy III for Sports Empowerment, Raden Isnanta, gave a code that there was a European club that was interested in Witan's skills. Isnanta also admitted that the Ministry of Youth and Sports would help Witan to make it easier to go to Europe.

However, the Indonesian national team winger never received an official contract from a European club, because he was waiting for his age to arrive 18 years. Witan also chose to continue his temporary career at Liga 2 2019 club, PSIM Yogyakarta, on August 18, 2019.

At PSIM Yogyakarta, Witan managed to show a slick performance. He was also attracted by coach Indra Sjafri to play with the Indonesian national team.

His career in the Indonesian national team is also quite classy. Witan became a differential player in the Garuda Muda squad (the nickname of the U-19 national team).

After his name shining with the Indonesian national team, Witan decided to leave PSIM in 2020 and join Fk Radnik Surdulica (one of the clubs in the Sebia League). Together with the team, he has recorded 71 minutes of the game from two matches.

The following year, the player nicknamed Baby Shark was signed by Lechia Gdansk, Poland, a club that was also visited by his national team partner, Egy Maulana Vikri.

After being with Lechia Gdansk for half a season, Witan was loaned out to Slovak club FK Senica. This time, he got more opportunities.

When strengthening his Senica decree, Witan managed to record four goals and one assist from the 12 matches he played. His loan period at FK Senica was completed on May 11, 2022, and then Witan moved to another Slovak club, namely AS Trencin.

Together with AS Trencin, Witan Sulaeman pocketed 458 minutes of playing and resulted in four goals.

Now, Witan is waiting for his new chapter with Persija. This is the first time Witan will compete in Liga 1.

Until now, Witan has presented the 2019 AFF U-22 Cup, the 2019 SEA Games silver medal, and the runner-up for the 2020 AFF Cup.

That is Witan Sulaeman's career journey, a talented young footballer who is currently joining Persija. Get the latest news updates only on VOI.id.