Mursyid Effendi

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

Mursyid Effendi
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-23) 23 April 1972
Place of birth Indonesia
Position(s) 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

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 1998 Tiger Cup group 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. Mursyid Effendi at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Bill Edgar (17 July 2006). "Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal". The Times.
  3. Georgina Turner and Will Roberts (14 July 2004). "Was Zidane the first on-pitch puker?". The Guardian. London.
  4. "The most bizarre goals". The Independent. London. 27 September 2010.
  5. "First XI: Own goals - ESPN FC". soccernet.espn.go.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.


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