Bambang Pamungkas

Bambang played for several clubs around his hometown as a youth, before beginning his senior career with Persija Jakarta. He was the club's top goalscorer in 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia with 24 goals. In 2000, he joined EHC Norad in the Dutch Third Division. But after only 4 months he returned to Persija, the only Indonesian club he ever played for. Bambang helped his club to win the Liga Indonesia in 2001, and he was awarded the accolade of that season's best player. Persija Jakarta narrowly missed out on winning the championship again in 2004, by one point. The following season Persija reached the 2005 final, but lost 2–3 to Persipura Jayapura. Shortly afterwards, Bambang accepted an offer to play in the Malaysian Football League with Selangor FA, along with national teammate Elie Aiboy. In his first season in Malaysia he won the Premier League Malaysia, FA Cup Malaysia, and Malaysia Cup, and became the league's top-scorer with 23 goals in 24 matches. During two seasons in Malaysia he scored 63 goals in four competitions: Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia Super League, FA Cup Malaysia, Malaysia Cup, AFC Cup. Despite having scored a total of 178 goals in Liga Indonesia, like Singaporean forward Indra Sahdan Daud, Bambang lost his place in the nation team to foreign-born talents. In 2008, despite interests from English club Derby County, he opted to stay in Indonesia. In 2010, he had a trial at FC Ingolstadt 04 but failed to secure a contract. On 9 December 2013, he signed a…

In 1998 Bambang's international career began when he was selected to play for the Indonesian U-19 team. His tally of seven goals at the Asian Cup made him the competition's top scorer. He made his senior international debut the following year in a friendly match against Lithuania, in which he scored one goal. Bambang has taken part in four FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014), playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 times. Bambang has also been involved in three AFC Asian Cups: 2000, 2004 and 2007. He scored a goal against Bahrain in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, in a match Indonesia won 2–1. In the 2002 Tiger Cup, Bambang was the top scorer with 8 goals, but an injury ruled him out of the Indonesian squad for the 2004 event. He scored twice in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, once against Myanmar and once against Cambodia. In 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Bambang scored two goals in a match against Thailand, both from penalty kicks. He has scored a total of 12 goals in the ASEAN Football Championship, making him the 5th-highest goalscorer in ASEAN Football Championship history.

International

International goals

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first.

Persija

Super League (Indonesia): 2001, 2018 Piala Presiden (Indonesia): 2018 Selangor

Malaysia Premier League : 2005 Malaysia Cup : 2005 Malaysia FA Cup : 2005 Indonesia

Indonesian Independence Cup: 2000, 2008 AFF Championship runner-up: 2000, 2002, 2010 Pestabola Merdeka runner-up: 2006 SEA Games : bronze 1999 Individual

AFF Championship Top Scorer: 2002 AFF Championship All-time XI: 2021 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Top Goalscorer: 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Best Player: 2001 Malaysia Premier League Golden Boot: 2005 (23 goals) Malaysia Cup Best Foreign Player: 2005 Malaysia Cup Top Scorer: 2005 Malaysia FA Cup Top Scorer: 2005 Copa Indonesia Best Player: 2007–08 Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards favorite athlete: 2009 IFFHS Men's All Time Indonesia Dream Team: 2022