Ronaldo Joybera Junior Kwateh (born 19 October 2004) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a winger or a

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for

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club Mahasarakham SBT, on loan from

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club

Muangthong United Muangthong United Football Club () is a Thai professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani, Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi province. The club plays in the Thai League 1, the top-flight football league of Thailand. Muangthong United has pa ...

. He also plays for the Indonesia national team.

Club career

Madura United

He was signed for

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to play in Liga 1 in the 2021 season. Kwateh made his first-team debut on 3 September 2021 in a match against

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at the

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. In that match, he made history by becoming the youngest player to debut in Liga 1, at that time, he appeared at the age of 16 years old, 10 months and 15 days, This achievement made him beat Mochammad Supriadi's previous record. On 12 December, Kwateh scored his first professional league goal for the club in a 1–3 lose over

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Bodrum

On 15 February 2023, Kwateh officially joined Turkish First League side

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on a permanent deal, signing a contract until June 2025.

Muangthong United

On 7 August 2024, Kwateh joined

club

International career

Youth

In October 2021, Kwateh was called up to the Indonesia U23 in a

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against

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and

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and also prepared for

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. On 26 October 2021, Kwateh debuted in a youth national team when he came on as a substitute in a 2–3 loss against Australia U23 in the

. Kwateh also was part of the Indonesia U23 team that won bronze in the

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; he scored a goal in the third-place match against

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Senior

In January 2022, Kwateh was called up to the Indonesian senior team for two friendly matches against

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by coach

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. On 27 January 2022, he earned his maiden senior cap in a 4–1 win in the first of those two matches and broke the record for the youngest player to represent his country in a senior match at the age of 17 years 104 days. After almost three years since his last called-up, Kwateh got called-up to the national team for the

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Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

International goals

International under-20 goals International under-23 goals

Honours

Indonesia U-23 *

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bronze medal:

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Personal life

Ronaldo is the son of Roberto Kwateh, a Liberian footballer who played for

PSIM Yogyakarta Perserikatan Sepakbola Indonesia Mataram ( Hanacaraka: ꦥꦼꦂꦱꦠꦸꦮꦤ꧀ꦱꦼꦥꦏ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦭꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦺꦴꦤꦺꦱꦶꦪꦩꦠꦫꦩ꧀ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ), commonly known as PSIM Yogyakarta, is an Indonesian profes ...

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Ronaldo Kwateh
at Liga Indonesia {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwateh, Ronaldo 2004 births Living people People from Bantul Regency Indonesian people of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent Sportspeople from Special Region of Yogyakarta Indonesian men's footballers Indonesia men's youth international footballers Indonesia men's international footballers Indonesian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Ronaldo Kwateh Ronaldo Kwateh Madura United F.C. players Bodrum F.K. footballers Ronaldo Kwateh Ronaldo Kwateh Men's association football forwards Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in football 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen