The election of Erick Thohir as General Chair (Ketum) of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) attracted the attention of domestic football lovers, including for Indonesian celebrities.
Several artists who are known as football lovers, such as Raffi Ahmad, Gading Marten to Ibnu Jamil responded to Erick's victory through the Extraordinary Congress (KLB) in Jakarta on Thursday, February 16, 2023 yesterday.
Through his Instagram account, Raffi Ahmad, who is also the owner of the club Rans Nusantara FC, congratulated the election of the SOE Minister. "Erick Thohir congratulations PSSI," wrote Raffi in Insta Story, Junat, February 17, 2023.
Gading Marten also congratulated him. He hopes that Erick Thohir can bring change to domestic football, considering that Erick has a track record in the world of international football.
"Hopefully the mandate of Chief Erick Thohir, will bring Indonesian football better," wrote Gading in Insta Story by showing a photo of Erick Thohir uploaded to Persik Kediri's Instagram account.
Andre Taulany, who has not talked much about his interest in football, also responded to the enthusiasm of other artists for the election of the new PSSI chairman.
Similar to Gading, Andre hopes that Erick will be a trustworthy figure for the parent of Indonesian football. "Congratulations to Mr. Erick Thohir, elected as the new chairman of PSSI. Hopefully, the trust and can bring Indonesian football forward and be proud," wrote Andre Taulany in the caption of uploading a photo of himself when shaking hands with Erick Thohir.
Not only that, two other artists, Rico Ceper and Ibnu Jamil, who are known football lovers and have hosted many football matches, also congratulated the 52-year-old man's victory.
"Congratulations on your duty, Mr. Erick," wrote Rico Ceper in his Instagram upload caption.
Meanwhile, Ibnu Jamil, apart from congratulating, also gave an interesting message to the new PSSI chairman. "Congratulations to Mr. Erick Thohir. Hopefully you are the key to the answer from Indonesian football," he wrote.
"If it's 2024 later...... don't let it be left, sir (if only)," concluded Ibnu Jamil.
For information, the name Erick Thohir became known to Indonesian football lovers when he bought one of the big European clubs, Inter Milan and became president of the club in 2013. Previously, he had also been the largest shareholder of a football club from the United States, DC United.
Currently, together with Kaesang Pangarep, Erick is also the owner of the club competing in Liga 1 Indonesia, Persis Solo.
Erick Thohit after being elected as chairman of PSSI (Instagram @pssi)
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