Assanur Rijal (born 2 March 1996) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga 2 club

Persiraja Banda Aceh Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kutaraja, commonly known as Persiraja, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Banda Aceh, Aceh. They currently compete in the Liga 2. They play their home matches either at Harapan Bangsa Stadium or ...

Club career

Aceh United

In 2017 he joined

Aceh United Aceh United Football Club was an Indonesian football club based in Bireuen, Aceh, on the island of Sumatra. History Aceh United was first formed in the city of Banda Aceh in 2010. At first, Aceh United followed the competition Liga Primer Indo ...

to compete in 2017 Liga 3. By the end of the season, he helped Aceh United to promote to Liga 2 for 2018 season. He was chosen as the best player of the league for this season, as well. The following season, he helped Aceh United to advance to second round in

2018 Liga 2 The 2018 Liga 2 was the second season of the Liga 2 under its current name, and the ninth season under its current league structure. PSS won the title after a 2–0 win over Semen Padang in the final at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong on 4 Decemb ...

, however, the team failed to secure a promotion to Liga 1. In the beginning of 2019, Aceh United was sold to other owner, and Assanur Rijal decided to resign from the club.

Persiraja

In 2019 he joined another club from

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, Persiraja to compete in

2019 Liga 2 The 2019 Liga 2 was the third season of the Liga 2 under its current name and the 10th season under its current league structure. Persik won the title after a 3–2 win over Persita in the final at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar on 25 N ...

. He was the top goalscorer of the club in this season with 12 goals, and became the second top goalscorer of the league. He also helped Persiraja to promote to Liga 1. He scored the winning goal for Persiraja in the third place play-off against

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. He made his Liga 1 debut on February 29, 2020, when Persiraja hosted

Bhayangkara F.C. Bhayangkara Presisi Lampung Football Club, simply known as Bhayangkara Presisi, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bandar Lampung, Lampung. The club is linked to the Indonesian National Police. The name of the club is based on ...

in the first Persiraja's match in

2020 Liga 1 The 2020 Liga 1, also known as Shopee Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th season of Liga 1 under its current name and the 11th season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment ...

Persis Solo

In 2021, Assanur Rijal signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 2 club

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. He made his league debut on 5 October against

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at the

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Return to Persiraja

He was signed for

to play in the Liga 1 in the 2021-22 season. Rijal made his league debut on 7 January 2022 in a match against

PSS Sleman Perserikatan Sepakbola Sleman ( 'Sleman Football Union'), or mostly known through its abbreviation PSS, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The club dons the nickname Super Elang Ja ...

at the

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Bekasi City

On 7 June 2022, it was announced that Rijal would be joining Bekasi City for the 2022-23 Liga 2 campaign.

Club statistics

Honours

Aceh United * Liga 3 third place:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Persiraja * Liga 2 third place (play-offs):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Persis Solo * Liga 2:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual * Liga 3 Best Player:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Menpora Cup The Menpora Cup is a football tournament organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia and PSSI. This tournament was first held in 2013 as an international pre-season tournament (Indonesian International Tourna ...

Top Scorer:

Best Eleven:

References

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Assanur Rijal
at Liga Indonesia {{DEFAULTSORT:Rijal, Assanur 1996 births Men's association football forwards Acehnese people Living people Indonesian men's footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Liga Nusantara players Aceh United F.C. players Persiraja Banda Aceh players Persis Solo players F.C. Bekasi City players PSMS Medan players People from Aceh Besar Regency Footballers from Aceh 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen