Budi Sudarsono (born 19 September 1979 in Kediri, East Java) is a retired Indonesian footballer and currently work as football coach. He normally plays either as an attacking midfielder or a forward. He played for Persik Kediri in the

2007 AFC Champions League The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title. Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beating Se ...

group stage, where he scored two goals.

International career

He has made several appearances for the Indonesia national football team, and is best remembered for scoring goals in two consecutive

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tournaments. He opened his account by scoring a goal in the

2004 Asian Cup The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champio ...

for Indonesia against Qatar in a group A game which Indonesia ended up winning 2–1. It was Indonesia's first ever victory in

history since their first participation in Asian Cup 1996. His fans have nicknamed him ''Budi Gol'', ''Budi Jancok'', ''Kileng'', ''Budi Drogba'' (for his resemblance to the Ivorian striker

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), and ''Ular Piton'' (''Python''). He scored the only goal for Indonesia against Syria during the

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in Jakarta in which Indonesia went on to lose 1–4 and lose the 2nd leg 0–7 and eliminated from the competition. Recently in December 2008, he scored hattrick and led Indonesia win 4–0 against Cambodia in AFF Suzuki Cup. He also scored a goal in the

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qualification against Kuwait in

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which ended with the score 1–1.

International appearances

Family

Budi Sudarsono is the eldest child of six in his family. His father is Saifulloh and his mother is Murwani.

Participation in national team

*Pre-World Cup Qualifying 2001 *SEA Games 2001 *Tiger Cup 2002 *Asian Cup 2004 *AFF Cup 2006 *Asian Cup 2007 *Independence Cup *Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008 Myanmar *AFF Suzuki Cup 2008

Honours

Club honours

;Persija Jakarta * Liga Indonesia (1):

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

;Persik Kediri * Liga Indonesia (1):

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;Sriwijaya * Copa Indonesia (1): 2008–09 * Indonesian Community Shield (1):

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Country honours

;Indonesia * Indonesian Independence Cup (1):

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sudarsono, Budi 1979 births Living people People from Kediri (city) Sportspeople from East Java Javanese people Indonesian footballers 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Malaysia Super League players Persebaya Surabaya players Persija Jakarta players Deltras F.C. players PDRM FA players Sriwijaya F.C. players Persikabo Bogor players Persib Bandung players Persik Kediri players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Premier Division players Indonesian expatriate footballers Indonesia international footballers Association football forwards