The First Defended Foreign Player, Mitsuru Marouka Wants RANS FC To Be More Achieved

JAKARTA - Midfielder Mitsuru Marouka said he wanted to bring RANS Nusantara FC to excel more in the Indonesian League 1 competition for the 2022/23 season.

Quoted from the official website of the Indonesian League, Sunday, May 21, Marouka said she felt challenged to bring RANS FC to perform better than the previous season.

"Of course I am very happy with the contract extension. I still have ambitions at this club, especially since I think last season RANS was not good enough. And I promise to make RANS better next season. I will make something better for RANS," said Marouka, quoted by Antara.

Last season, the RANS FC squad occupied the bottom of the League 1 final standings by only scoring 19 points from 34 matches with three wins, 10 draws and 21 defeats.

Mitsuru Marouka became the first foreign player to be defended by RANS to navigate the 2023/24 Indonesian League 1 competition.

President RANS FC Roofi Ardian said that with Maruoka, this team could be ranked better.

Roofi added that the survival of Marouka with The Prestige Phoenix squad was the wish of new coach Eduardo Almeida.

"Maruoka can help us like in the previous season. This is a good deal and once again hopefully next season RANS can be successful. I'm sure the coach will have a lot of discussions with Maruoka for this team next season," said Roofi.

In the Indonesian League 1 competition for the 2022/23 season, the 27-year-old player was recorded to have appeared as many as 34 matches and was able to contribute a total of seven goals and four assists for RANS.