Muhammad Markus Haris Maulana (born as Markus Horison Ririhina; 14 March 1981) is an Indonesian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He is now the goalkeeper coach for the Indonesia U16 national team. He made 37 appearances for the Indonesia national team.

Club career

Maulana was born in

Pangkalan Brandan Pangkalan Brandan (or Pangkalanbrandan) (''Pangkalanberandan'') is a port town in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, forty miles north west of Medan, close to the boundary with Aceh. The area's population is estimated at 21,000 ...

North Sumatra North Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan on the east coast of the island. It borders Aceh to the northwest, Riau to the sou ...

. After five years playing for

PSMS Medan Persatuan Sepakbola Medan dan Sekitarnya, commonly known as PSMS, is an Indonesian professional Association football, football club based in Medan, North Sumatra. It is one of Indonesia's most successful clubs. They currently compete in Liga 2 ( ...

, Maulana decided to move to

Persik Kediri Persatuan sepak bola Indonesia Kediri ( ''Indonesian football association of Kediri''; abbreviated Persik Kediri) (), is an Indonesian professional football club based in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. They currently compete in the Liga 1. Th ...

in 2008 but in the mid-season of 2008–09, he went back to his former club. In the 2009–10 season of Indonesia Super League, Maulana played for

Arema Malang Arema Football Club is an Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Malang Regency, Malang, East Java. The club competes in the Liga 1 (Indonesia), Liga 1, the top flight of Football in Indonesia, Indonesian Footba ...

. He also played for

Persib Bandung Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bandung (), also known in acronym as Persib (), is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bandung, West Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Founded in 1919 as ...

after making his debut for the club on 21 February 2010 with 2–0 against

Persisam Putra Samarinda Putra Samarinda Football Club was an Indonesian football club located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Nicknamed ''Pesut Mahakam'', they won the Liga Indonesia Premier Division title in the 2008–09 season. History Early years (1989–2003) ...

as a substitute on the farewell match of Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool. Markus with Persiraja in 2002-2003 season

International career

Maulana's debut in the Indonesia national team came in a friendly match against

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on 1 June 2007, which Indonesia won 3–0. He played once in the

2007 AFC Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its h ...

, in Indonesia's 1–0 loss against

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on 18 July 2007. He participated in PON 2000 in

East Java East Java (, , ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost third of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern ...

and PON 2004 in

Sumatera Selatan South Sumatra () is a province of Indonesia, located in the southeast of the island of Sumatra. The capital and largest city of the province is the city of Palembang. The province borders the provinces of Jambi to the north, Bengkulu to the west a ...

Post-playing career

In 2018, following his retirement as a player, Maulana became goalkeeping coach at

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 ...

Personal life

Maulana changed his name in August 2009 after converting to

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. He was married to famous actress Kiki Amalia in November 2010. However, the marriage did not last long; Maulana filed for divorce in 2012 and they were legally divorced in June 2013. Ahead of the upcoming 2024 elections, he is preparing himself to enter politics and has joined the PDI-P party. Currently Markus has become a cadre and is registered with the Bandung PDIP party management, he is even ready to compete for the seat of

Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...

DPRD (Regional House of Representatives) member from electoral district 6 of Bandung.

Honours

PSMS Medan * Bang Yos Gold Cup: 2004, 2005, 2006 Indonesia *

Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior list of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the contin ...

first round: 2007 *

AFF Suzuki Cup The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's nation ...

: runners-up

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

; semi-final

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Individual * ''Man of the match'' in the Bang Yos Gold Cup 2006 final

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haris Maulana, Markus 1981 births Living people People from Langkat Regency People of Batak descent Men's association football goalkeepers Indonesian men's footballers Indonesia men's international footballers 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Indonesian former Christians Indonesian Muslims Converts to Islam from Christianity Persik Kediri players PSMS Medan players Persib Bandung players Persiraja Banda Aceh players Persidafon Dafonsoro players Arema F.C. players PPSM Magelang players PSM Makassar players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Premier League players 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen Indonesian Premier Division players Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Timor-Leste Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Timor-Leste Footballers from North Sumatra