Andik Vermansah (born 23 November 1991 in

Jember Jember Regency is a regency of East Java province, in Indonesia. The land area is 3,314.13 km2, and the population was 2,332,726 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2,536,729 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakart ...

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) is an Indonesian professional

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er who plays as a winger for Liga 2 club

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. He is one of ten Asian players to watch in 2012 by

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Early life

Andik was born in

, to Saman, a

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, and Jumiah, a

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, both indigenous Javanese. He spent his childhood selling ice as a means of earning money for his family. His parents, earning barely enough money for living expenditures, had little fund to help Andik realise his dream as a footballer. At first Andik was not allowed to pursue his footballing career due to his family's economic condition. However, a strongly motivated Andik did not gave up on his dream of becoming a professional footballer. He did everything he could to pursue his dream by all means and to fund his burgeoning career he had to sell cake and ice, even playing football for inter-village tournament, just to be able to buy a pair of football shoes. Andik received his big break when the coach of SSB Suryanaga, Rudi, discovered his talents. Rudi offered Andik to play at a football academy in

, free of charge.

Club career

Early career

Andik started his career with Persebaya (1927) U-18. With Persebaya (1927) U-18, Andik won the East Java Regional Youth League in 2007. And in that year, Andik presented gold medals to the city of Surabaya in the Provincial Sports Week. In 2008, Andik had a big role in bringing home the gold medal for East Java at

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, which was held in Kalimantan.

Persebaya

Andik joined Persebaya after a successful trial. He succeeded in the trial due to his immense potential and ability. After joining the club, he continued working hard and impressed many with his pace and dribbling ability and eventually broke into Persebaya's first team. And at the age of 17, he was one of the youngest players in the squad at the time. He made his official debut for Persebaya on 29 August 2008, coming on in the 77th minute in a 2-0 victory against Persekabpas Pasuruan.

Overseas trials

In October 2011, Serie A Giant

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was interested in him. On 7 September 2012, Andik joined

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side D.C. United on trial and played several times for their reserve team but did not sign a contract with them and eventually returned to Persebaya . On 6 October 2013 following a trial in

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, in his debut he scored a goal in a reserves match against

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. His performance made headlines in

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and impressed the 2,000 supporters in attendance.

Selangor

On 1 December 2013, Andik joined

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side

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on a two-years contract. He chose Selangor because they offered him a bigger salary than the salary offered by the

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side,

. His salary ( rumoured $150,000/yr.) would make him one of the best paid Indonesian athletes. Andik made his first Selangor debut in the

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in a 0–2 win against

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on 22 January 2014. On 25 March, Andik scored his first league goal in the

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for Selangor in a 2–0 victory over

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at the

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. Andik helped

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to become the Runner-Up in the 2014

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and he's one of the main reason

managed to reach that far for the 2014 and 2015

Season. Andik also appeared as one of the

Players who made one of the most assist for the 2014

Season before signing a new contract with

for the 2015

Season to continue help

win more cups and achievements for the 2015 Season. Andik also holds the second fastest goal record in the

history which the goal is as early as the 28th second during a match against

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. While the fastest goal was scored by Ahmad Fakri Saarani who scored during the 12th second and holds the 6th place in the world's fastest goal record. Andik has expanded his contract with Selangor FA until 2017 worth 3 billion Rupiah's making him the most paid footballer in Indonesia.

Kedah

On 9 February 2018, Andik signed a contract with another

side

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. He has been given jersey number 30. Andik made his league debut in a 1–0 win against PKNP on 11 February 2018. On 22 June 2018, Andik scored his first league goal for Kedah against

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as his team won 3–2.

Madura United

On 24 December 2018, Andik signed a contract with Liga 1 side

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. Andik made his Madura United debut in the first leg Round of 32

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against

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on 29 February 2019. and he also scored his first goal for the team in a 2–0 victory over Cilegon United at the Gelora Madura Stadium, he scored in the 66th minute. Andik made his first Liga 1 appearance on 17 May 2019, coming on as a starter in a 1–5 win with

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at the

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. On 24 May 2019, Andik scored his first goal for Madura United in a 0–1 victory over Barito Putera at the 17th May Stadium. During his career at Madura United, he made 24 league appearances and scored 2 goals for Madura United.

Bhayangkara

In 2020, Andik signed a one-year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Bhayangkara. Andik made his league debut in a 1–1 draw against

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on 6 March 2020. And then, this season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the

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. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021. On 29 August 2021, he started his match in the 2021–22 Liga 1 season for Bhayangkara in a 2–1 win over

, he coming as a substitute for Renan Silva in the 80th minute. He played the full 90 minutes in the won to

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on 23 October. He played 84 minutes in the won to

on 14 January 2022, where he registered two assist. On 5 December 2022, Andik scored his first league goal in the 2022–23 Liga 1 for Bhayangkara in a 3–1 victory over

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at the Jatidiri Stadium.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

;Persebaya Surabaya *

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*Malaysia-Indonesia Unity Cup: 2011 *

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runner-up: 2011–12 ;Selangor FA *

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International

;Indonesia U-21 *

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runner-up:

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;Indonesia U-23 *

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Silver medal:

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Silver medal:

;Indonesia *

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runner-up:

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Individual

*Goal.com Asian Under-23 Best XI for 2011 *

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: Best Goal

References

External links

Profile at footballmalaysia.com

Profile at ifball.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vermansah, Andik 1991 births Living people Javanese people People from Jember Regency Footballers from East Java Indonesian men's footballers Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Premier League players Persebaya Surabaya players Bhayangkara Presisi Lampung F.C. players Madura United F.C. players Persiraja Banda Aceh players Selangor F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Malaysia Super League players Indonesia men's youth international footballers Indonesia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Indonesia 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen