Muhammad Rizky Yusuf Nasution (born 16 July 1997) is an Indonesian

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

. A product of Persiraja youth system in 2016, he rejoined Persiraja from Persika during 2018 mid season transfer windows in August 2018. In 2017, he played for

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in Liga 1.

Club career

Persijap Jepara

Nasution signed with

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to play in the Indonesian Liga 2 for the 2020 season. This season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the

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. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.

Persiraja Banda Aceh

He was signed for

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

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at the

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Controversy

In the away match against

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on February 11, 2025 at Kaharudin Nasution Stadium. Rizky, who at that time happened to be the Persiraja captain, did not accept the referee's decision and tried to strangle and provoke his friends to hit the referee's head by holding the neck and holding the body, fortunately at that time there were military police and the fourth referee. The referee on duty at that time was Amri Nurhadi who is the referee of the highest caste league in Indonesia

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* 1997 births Living people Acehnese people People of Batak descent People from East Aceh Regency Indonesian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Persiraja Banda Aceh players Borneo F.C. Samarinda players PSBL Langsa players Persika 1951 players Persijap Jepara players Malut United F.C. players Footballers from Aceh 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen {{Indonesia-footy-midfielder-stub