Isnan Ali
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Isnan Ali is an Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n footballer. He plays as defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

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Isnan Ali is one of the most well-known seniors in the Indonesian National Team due to his appearances from 2002 to present. His name becomes popular with famous clubs such as PSM Makassar (Junior), Barito Putra
Barito Putra
Barito Putra Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Club played in Indonesian Premier Division start in season 2010-11.-History:...

, and Sriwijaya F.C.
Sriwijaya F.C.
Sriwijaya Football Club, which is commonly referred to simply as Sriwijaya, is an Indonesian football club based in Palembang, Province of South Sumatra, Indonesia...

 Palembang.

When he was young, he showed himself as a talented footballer from attending local adult competitions in his hometown. Fell in love with football after watching Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

 in the 1986 World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

, and decided to be a full time footballer. Full support came from his family as well, "Mom and Dad always brought me a soccer ball when they went working." His talent was then tested by enrolling in Sekolah Sepak Bola Bangau Putra on his Upper School years.

Isnan Ali then joined PSM Makassar
PSM Makassar
PSM, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar, is a football club that plays in the Liga Primer Indonesia. It was once considered as one of Indonesia's strongest football clubs, having won a title in 2000 and finishing runner-up three out of the past four seasons after that...

 Junior in 1997, one of the high profiled football clubs in Indonesia. He represented Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

 15 years and up at the Hari Pekan Olahraga Nasional (Haornas) Competition.

His football carrier becomes apparent when he joined Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

 in Pekan Olahraga Daerah (Porda) Makassar in 1997. He scored a decisive goal that brought his team to victory and champion of the tournament. "That is the most memorable grand final event for me. I went from behind and did some sprint and I scored with my head."

Isnan then joined PT Telecom for two years. However, he was faced with a dilemma went Telecom was going to attend a National competition in Surabaya
Surabaya
Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...

. One of his senior, Fahri Amiruddin, Mitra Kukar
Mitra Kukar
Mitra Kukar FC is an Indonesian football club based in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan.The team has just been promoted to the Indonesia Super League.-History:...

 asked him to represent Banjarmasin
Banjarmasin
Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located on a delta island near the junction of the Barito and Martapura rivers. As a result, Banjarmasin is sometimes called the "River City"...

 in PRA PON Banjarmasin to bust his football carrier. Finally he decided to join Banjarmasin at Pekan Olahraga Nasional
Pekan Olahraga Nasional
The Pekan Olahraga Nasional is a multi-sport event held every four years in Indonesia...

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This event opens an opportunity for him to join Barito Putera Banjarmasin in 1999. Young, talented yet he made it to the line up only after a short time of period joining in. Particularly on the second round of the National-A League, Liga Indonesia
Liga Indonesia
The Indonesian football league system is a series of league system for association football clubs in Indonesia. Since 1994, Liga Indonesia is the league competition featuring association football clubs, as a result of two existing top flight football leagues merger: Perserikatan and Galatama...

 1999, Daniel Roekito
Daniel Roekito
Daniel Roekito is the head coach of Persib Bandung football club in Indonesia, appointed on November 30, 2010. He has coached several other teams, with his greatest achievement being to bring the Indonesian championship to Persik Kediri in 2006.-References:...

, the coach of Barito at that time appointed Isnan to join the line up. "That was when we play against Solo at Manahan Stadium
Manahan Stadium
Manahan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Surakarta, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home venue for Persis Solo. This stadium now holds 35,000 spectators.-Sport events:...

." After that, he joined the line up every time, although he was still very young. Indeed, the second year with Barito, Isnan was called to join the Senior National team in the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

 qualifier and Sea Games Malaysia in 2002.

With National team status, Isnan joined Persatuan Sepakboal Seluruh Indonesia (PSSI), to attend training center in Singapore, Malaysia and Maldives. "Maldives is the most sophisticated country due to its popularity with international soccer stars training and holidaying in that country."

With Barito Putra
Barito Putra
Barito Putra Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Club played in Indonesian Premier Division start in season 2010-11.-History:...

, Isnan qualified in the big 8, 2 years respectively. That was the golden years of Barito, while at the same time, they have Bakoi Saddoiy as the top scorer for the League. Isnan also joined the National Senior team in the Tiger Cup
Tiger Cup
The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

 (2002) and achieved the Runner-Up position in that competition.

After 2 sessions with Barito Putra
Barito Putra
Barito Putra Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Club played in Indonesian Premier Division start in season 2010-11.-History:...

, Isnan joined Persikota Tangerang
Persikota Tangerang
Persatuan Sepakbola Kota Tangerang is a famous Indonesian football team located in Tangerang. They play in the top division in Indonesian football, Liga Indonesia. Their home stadium is Benteng Stadium. The club was founded in 1994....

 in 2003/2004. He also joined PSSI National training Camp in Sydney, Australia, Bulgaria and Jordan for Asian Cup 2005.

In 2005/2006 Isnan Ali signed with neighbor club, Persita Tangerang
Persita Tangerang
Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Tangerang , who are commonly referred to as Persita Tangerang or simply as Persita, are an Indonesian football club based in Tangerang, Indonesia. They are now playing in Djarum Indonesian Super-League.Persita have two groups of supporters, i.e...

. One interesting event was his action with Renato Ellyas, a fellow team mate in his subsequent club, Sriwijaya FC. "I was in a great stress facing the referee decision that seemed to fix the match and bluntly showed injustices towards my team. However, I have learnt so much from that situation." He did unsportive behavior by giving his middle finger to Renato after given a red card by the referee. In 2006, he was expelled from the National team due to indiscipline behavior with some other senior national team counterparts like Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto is an active Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as a striker and is the player with the most caps and goals for the Indonesian national team after Bambang Pamungkas with 31 goals in 60 appearances.Kurniawan is known by his nickname kurus because he cuts a slender figure...

. This did not prevent him to raise up to the occasion.

In 2007, Isnan Ali joined Sriwijaya F.C.
Sriwijaya F.C.
Sriwijaya Football Club, which is commonly referred to simply as Sriwijaya, is an Indonesian football club based in Palembang, Province of South Sumatra, Indonesia...

 with Rahmad Darmawan
Rahmad Darmawan
Rahmad Darmawan, born in Lampung on 26 November 1966, is the former coach of the football team Sriwijaya F.C.. Rahmad started his career with Persikota Tangerang before moved to Persipura Jayapura and now was with Sriwijaya FC and the current coach of Indonesia U-23 national team. He has been...

 as the head of coach. In that year, Isnan made history by taking Double Winners, an achievement that has yet been reached by any other football clubs in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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Isnan Ali also joined advertisements such as PANONIM and SPECS with Cristian Gonzáles and other famous footballers from Malaysia. SPECS is a domestic sport products that goes international.

This year, Isnan Ali still joined Sriwijaya FC. His professionalism, controversy, personality, achievements and talent have brought him to the top of success. "Much have been seen, but much is still to come". He hoped to inspire others to represent Indonesia in international levels.

National Team Career

  • 2001: SEA Games Malaysia (U-23 team)
  • 2002: World Cup Qualification(Senior team)
  • 2002: Tiger Cup (Senior team)
  • 2002: National Training Centre/Camp in Malaysia, Singapore
    Singapore
    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

     and Maldives
    Maldives
    The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...

     (Senior team)
  • 2005: National Training Centre/Camp in Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    , Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

     and Jordan
    Jordan
    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

     (Senior team)
  • 2005: Asian Cup Qualification (Senior team)

External links

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