Mursyid Effendi

Mursyid Effendi
Personal information
Date of birth 23 April 1972 (1972-04-23) (age 39)
Place of birth Indonesia
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–2007 Persebaya Surabaya 298 (38)
2007 Persiku Kudus
National team
1998 Indonesia 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mursyid Effendi (born 23 April 1972) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Effendi played club football for Persebaya Surabaya and Persiku Kudus.[1]

He also earned a total of five caps for the Indonesian national team.[1]

Own goal

On 31 August 1998, while playing for Indonesia in a Tiger Cup match against Thailand, Effendi deliberately scored an own goal to affect the outcome of the match; he was banned for life from international football by FIFA.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Mursyid Effendi at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Bill Edgar (17 July 2006). "Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article688637.ece. 
  3. ^ Georgina Turner and Will Roberts (14 July 2004). "Was Zidane the first on-pitch puker?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/jul/14/theknowledge.sport. 
  4. ^ "The most bizarre goals". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-most-bizarre-goals-1805555.html?action=Gallery&ino=7. 
  5. ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/937531/first-xi:-own-goals?cc=5901