Pratama Arhan Alif Rifai (born 21 December 2001) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Indonesia national team. He is most known for his powerful throw-ins and free kicks. Arhan was also a nominee of the AFC's 11 players to watch in 2023.

Club career

PSIS Semarang

Pratama Arhan made his first-team debut for

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in the

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, in which he played 90 minutes in all of his team's four matches in the tournament that preluded the 2021 Liga 1 season. He scored two goals in that competition, one of them was a free-kick that was among the best goals in the tournament. He also won the tourney's Best Young Player award. Arhan made his league debut on 4 September 2021 in a match against

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Tokyo Verdy

On 16 February 2022, Arhan is officially signed with

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club,

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for a two-year contract with free transfer fee. Arhan made his league debut on 6 July 2022, against

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in a 1–0 victory. On 19 January 2023, Arhan's contract was renewed by Tokyo Verdy ahead of 2023 season. Arhan participated twice in 2023 edition of

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, when Tokyo Verdy eventually lost to their capital city rivals,

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, in the 3rd round match on 12 July 2023. On 6 August 2023, Arhan played for 10 minutes in his second league match overall and first in a year when Verdy lost 0–1 at

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Suwon FC

On 16 January 2024, Arhan signed for

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club

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for an undisclosed fee. On 26 May 2024, Arhan made his debut as a substitute against

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. Arhan entered the field at the 73th minutes, however he immediately received a red card just three minutes later.

Bangkok United

On 7 January 2025,

club

reached an agreement to sign Arhan. Arhan immediately made his debut five days after the signing, against

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, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute during a 3–2 victory. He was selected by the

as the Young Player of the Week in February 2025 after being the first-11 in the match against Nakhon Ratchasima FC. On 14 February 2025, He made his debut in AFC Champions League 2 as a substitute in the 85th minute and was able to make the crucial one-touch assist to his teammate Thitiphan Puangchan on the 90+5 minute to equalize

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on a 2-2 draw at

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International career

Arhan debuted for the Indonesia U-19 team when it faced the Bulgaria U-19 in a friendly on 5 September 2020 in

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. He captained the same team during another friendly match during a two-month Croatia training, this time Indonesia drew with the North Macedonia U-19 team. He received a call up to the senior

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in May 2021. On 25 May 2021, He earned his first senior cap in a friendly match in

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against

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. On 19 December 2021, Arhan scored his debut goal for the national team in a

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game against

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. and he also became

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in that match. On 25 December 2021, Arhan scored again against

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in the second leg of semi-final in a 4-2 victory after extra-time. He was awarded the "Young Player of the Tournament" for the tournament. On 24 September 2022, Arhan made two assists, with one of them through a long throw-in, in a friendly match in against

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in a 3–2 win. Arhan was called up for his second

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tournament by

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. On 2 January 2023, Arhan gave another assists from long thrown-in to Dendy Sulistyawan in Indonesia's 1–2 away win against

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. Arhan was named in the final squad for the

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tournament. In the match against

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, Arhan made a long throw in that helped Sandy Walsh scored a goal through an erroneous header by

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Personal life

Arhan started a relationship with Azizah Salsha, the daughter of a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Andre Rosiade. They married in August 2023 at Indonesian mosque at Tokyo, and the Chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia at that time,

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was a witness during the ceremony.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Indonesia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arhan goal''

Honours

Indonesia U-23 *

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gold medal:

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Indonesia *

runner-up:

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Individual * Menpora Cup Best Young Player:

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* Menpora Cup Best Eleven:

: Team of the Tournament *

Young Player of the Tournament:

References

External links

Profile
at the

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Pratama Arhan
at Liga Indonesia * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arhan, Pratama 2001 births Living people Indonesian men's footballers Indonesia men's youth international footballers Indonesia men's international footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players PSIS Semarang players People from Blora Regency Men's association football fullbacks J2 League players Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Tokyo Verdy players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan K League 1 players Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Suwon FC players Pratama Arhan Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Pratama Arhan Footballers from Central Java SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football 2023 AFC Asian Cup players 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games