Muhammad Arfan (born 22 January 1998) is an Indonesian professional

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er who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga 1 club PSM Makassar.

Club career

Early career

In 2010, Arfan started his football career when joined SSB Hasanudin in the

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. At that time, Arfan and his team mates succeeded in bringing the champions in the regional level, which later became the representative of

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in the national level, and ini

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, they only ranked third.

PSM Makassar

He played in

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and then joined the senior team of PSM Makassar. Arfan made his professional debut on 16 April 2017 in a match against Persela Lamongan. On 1 November 2021, Arfan scored his first goal for PSM in the 28th minute against Persita Tangerang at the

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International career

He made his international debut for the U-23 team on 16 November 2017, against Syria U23, where he came on as a substitute. Arfan made his debut for Indonesia in an unofficial friendly match in a loss to the Syria U23 team on 18 November 2017. A week later he made his official debut on 25 November in a match against

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, where he came as a substitute.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

PSM Makassar * Liga 1:

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* Piala Indonesia: 2018–19

International

Indonesia * Aceh World Solidarity Cup runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arfan, Muhammad 1998 births Living people Indonesian men's footballers PSM Makassar players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesia men's youth international footballers Indonesia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Makassar 21st-century Indonesian people