Anindito Wahyu Erminarno (born 13 April 1988) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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Personal life

Anindito was born in

Surakarta Surakarta (Javanese script, Javanese: , Pegon script, Pegon: ), known colloquially as Solo (Javanese script, Javanese: ; ), is a major List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in Central Java, Indonesia. The city adjoins Karanganyar Reg ...

, and growing up his favorite sport was actually

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. He joined a youth football academy with his brother at the age of eight.

International career

He played a first game with the national team in a match against

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, but he did not earn his first cap; the match was considered unofficial in FIFA's website. His official debut came in the next game, a 2–0 win over

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on 14 September 2014, replacing Dedi Hartono after 11 minutes.

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* 1988 births Living people Footballers from Surakarta Javanese people Indonesian Muslims Converts to Islam Indonesian men's footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Premier Division players Persis Solo players PS Mitra Kukar players Persija Jakarta players Kalteng Putra F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Indonesia men's international footballers {{Indonesia-footy-midfielder-stub