Yakob Sayuri

Yakob Sayuri (born 9 September 1997) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club PSM Makassar and the Indonesia national team.[3]

Yakob Sayuri
Personal information
Full name Yakob Sayuri
Date of birth (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997
Place of birth Yapen, Indonesia[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 PSM Makassar
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Persewar Waropen 8 (1)
2018 Persemi Mimika 10 (13)
2018 Persewar Waropen 5 (0)
2019 Barito Putera 22 (1)
2020− PSM Makassar 31 (6)
National team‡
2019 Indonesia U23 2 (0)
2021– Indonesia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2021

Club career

Early career

Coming from the remote island chain of Yapen in Papua province, Sayuri has no experience training in any soccer school or organized youth team. He started his professional career in 2017 in the third-tier of Indonesian football with Persewar Waropen after coach Eduard Ivakdalam, a former national team player, found Sayuri casually playing in his hometown of Serui. Sayuri followed Ivakdalam when the coach in 2018 moved to train Persemi Mimika, another Liga 3 team from Papua. Coaches with interests in raw Papuan talents started to observe Sayuri.

Barito Putera

Brazilian coach Jacksen F. Tiago, who played and coached for the leading club in Papua, Persipura Jayapura, was one of the coaches with an eye on Papuan talent. Tiago in 2019 recruited Sayuri to play for Liga 1 club Barito Putera, which is based in the South Kalimantan provincial capital of Banjarmasin on Borneo island. In his breakout season, Sayuri played 25 matches and scored twice for his first top-flight team. His meteoric rise from no previous club to becoming a starter of a Liga 1 team within two years earned him a call to join the Indonesia U-23 team in mid-2019.

PSM Makassar

Sayuri's 2019 performance led the oldest team in Liga 1, PSM Makassar, to hire him in 2020. While the 2020 Liga 1 season only lasted for three matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sayuri impressed in PSM's international matches in the 2020 AFC Cup against clubs from Singapore, Myanmar and the Philippines. This led to invitations to train for the Indonesia senior team under coach Shin Tae-yong.[4]

International career

Sayuri made his international debut for Indonesia U-23 on 7 June 2019 against Thailand U-23 and Philippines U-23 on 9 June 2019 at the 2019 Merlion Cup.[5] He received a call to join the senior Indonesian national football team in May 2021. He earned his first senior cap in a 25 May 2021 friendly match in Dubai against Afghanistan.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 March 2022[8]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barito Putera 2019 Liga 1 221110000232
PSM Makassar 2020 Liga 1 2000310051
2021 Liga 1 29600007[lower-alpha 3]2368
Career total 5371131726411
  1. Includes Piala Indonesia
  2. Appearances in AFC Cup
  3. Appearances in Menpora Cup

International
As of match played 11 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Indonesia 202110
Total10

Family

Yakob Sayuri's brother Yance Sayuri[9] played his first match for PSM Makassar on 26 October 2021.[10]

References
  1. "Yakob Sayuri: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. "Yakob Sayuri". the-maczman.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. "Resmi Bergabung dengan PSM Makassar, Inilah Profil Rony Esar Baroperay dan Yakob Sayuri". Tribun Timur (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. "Resmi, PSM Makassar Rekrut Dua Mantan Pemain Barito Putera". www.suara.com.
  5. "Hasil Merlion Cup 2019: Timnas Indonesia U-23 Gagal ke Final". Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. "Afghanistan Ungkap Kelemahan Indonesia di Menit Krusial". www.kompas.id. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  7. "Resmi, Ini 28 Pemain Timnas Indonesia Untuk Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2022". bola.tempo.com.
  8. "Indonesia - Y. Sayuri - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  9. "Ini yang Bedakan Yakob dan Yance, Duo Sayuri PSM Makassar". makassar.tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Tribun Network. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. "Hasil PSM Vs Persikabo - Tak Ada Pemenang, Skor Akhir 0-0". Kompas (in Indonesian). 26 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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