Boaz Theofilius Erwin Solossa (born 16 March 1986) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 2 club

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, on loan from Liga 1 club

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. He is known for his efficient dribbling technique, shooting accuracy, and left-foot passing.

Personal life

Boaz was born in the Solossa family, a well-known family in the province of West Papua. His uncle, Jaap Solossa, was the governor of Papua before he died in 2005. Boaz was born in a footballing family as well, being the youngest of five children. Almost all of them were professionals, including his brother Ortizan and Nehemia. Boaz obtained a

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in 2013. He also works as civil servant.

Club career

Early career

Boaz began his junior career by playing at the amateur club PS Putra Yohan in 1999 to 2000. Then he moved to

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from 2000 to 2001. Boaz was summoned in the Papua PON Team to be competed in the 16th National Sports Week in Indonesia. At that time he was only 17 years old. His talent finally came to

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, the coach of the Indonesian National Team at the time, and took him to the 2004 Tiger Cup when he was 18 years old.

Persipura Jayapura

Boaz signed his first professional contract with Persipura Jayapura in 2005. Since then, he has emerged as the most influential player at the club and even served as captain of the team after the departure of

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. Until 10 August, Boaz scored 207 goals from 311 official matches with Persipura and made him the club's all-time top scorer along with various individual awards. In addition, he also brought Persipura to win the top division of Indonesia's professional football league four times in the 2005, 2009,

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and

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seasons. He has never strengthened other clubs in Indonesia other than Persipura despite being offered a higher salary from rival clubs. According to him, Persipura was like a second home for him and had become his extended family. But when Indonesia's professional football competition was halted due to FIFA sanctions from 2015 to 2016, he accepted an offer from

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to play in a non-official tournament because Persipura decided to temporarily disband. At the beginning of the 2018 season, he returned to play for Borneo FC only for the 2018 Presidential Cup pre-season tournament. In July 2021, Boaz and teammate Yustinus Pae were released by

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, due to disciplinary issues. Boaz has made 359 appearances and scored 225 goals in all competitions for

East Timor

In 2016 Boaz was loaned by Persipura for the first time in his career to play for Carsae FC in East Timor after the conditions of Indonesian football at that time were being vacuumed due to FIFA sanctions, joining fellow Indonesians

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and

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. However, in April 2016 having only made four appearances Boaz along with Wanggai left the club by mutual consent to rejoin Persipura.

Borneo

After spending 16 years with

, On 17 July 2021 Boaz joined

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on a 2-season deal. On 10 September 2021, Boaz made his debut for Borneo on a league game against

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coming on as a substitute in the 70th-minute, as his team lose 1-0. On 8 January 2022, Boaz scored his first goal for Borneo against

at the

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International career

The first time he appeared was dubbed the "prodigy", when he was brought by

and performed a stunning performance in

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, when he performed with the Indonesian National Team in the 2004 Tiger Cup. Boaz's international debut was against

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on 30 March 2004 for the 2006 World Cup qualification where Indonesia won 3–1 and Boaz made two assists for his teammate

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. Boaz was considered to be a bright prospect in Indonesian football after performing brilliantly in the 2004 Tiger Cup, where Indonesia was defeated by Singapore in a home and away match, which resulted in an aggregate score of 5–2 to Singapore. In the group phase, Boaz managed to score 4 goals and along with Ilham Jayakesuma, who scored 7 goals, both led the top scorers chart. He was injured after a tough tackle in a friendly match against

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, forcing him to miss the

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and disappear from football for 10 months. After another failure for the Indonesian national team to become a champion in the 2016 AFF Championship, Boaz announce his retirement from the national squad to give chance to other young players as well admitting he was "tired to see Indonesia without any trophy in the tournament". He congratulate Thailand for their fifth trophy and acknowledged that "Thai players and their performances are much better and still far from us to reach". However, Boaz still disclosed his intention to retire, saying he wanted to discuss the matter with his family first while celebrating

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in his hometown of

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Career statistics

Club

National team

International goals

Boaz Solossa: International under-23 goals

Honours

Indonesia

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: 2008 *

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runner-up: 2004, 2016

Persipura Jayapura

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: 2005 * Indonesia Super League: 2008–09, 2010–2011,

Indonesian Community Shield The Indonesian Community Shield was a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Indonesia every year. It was contested by the winners of the Indonesia Super League/Indonesian Premier League and Piala Indonesia in th ...

: 2009 *

Indonesian Inter Island Cup The Indonesian Inter Island Cup (IIC; id, Piala Antar Pulau) was a national level football tournament held in Indonesia and organized by PSSI as a pre-season tournament during the Indonesia Super League season break. The tournament involved bes ...

: 2011 *

Indonesia Soccer Championship A Indonesia Soccer Championship A, also known as Torabika Soccer Championship presented by IM3 Ooredoo for sponsorship reasons, was a football competition that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League. Persipura won the title on ...

: 2016

Individual

* PON Top Scorer: 2004 * ISL Top Scorer: 2008–09, 2010–11,

* ISL Player of the Year: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013 * ISC A Best player: 2016 * Indonesia Soccer Championship A Best XI: 2016 * 2016 AFF Championship: Best Eleven * ASEAN Football Federation Best XI: 2017 * Favourite Athlete : Anugerah Olahraga Indonesia (AORI) XXIX: 2017 * AFC Cup All-time XI: Wide midfielders (2021)

Record

* First Indonesian in list of

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50 Best Asian Football Player (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solossa, Boaz 1986 births Living people Papuan people Indonesian Christians Indonesian footballers People from Sorong Indonesia international footballers Indonesia youth international footballers Indonesian Premier Division players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Super League-winning players Persipura Jayapura players Borneo F.C. players PSS Sleman players Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in East Timor Expatriate footballers in East Timor Indonesian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Cenderawasih University alumni Papuan sportspeople People from West Papua (province)