Sheva Imut Furyzcha (born 20 April 2004) is an Indonesian

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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and the Indonesia women's national team.

Early life

Sheva Imut Furyzcha was born on 20 April 2004 in the

Bangka Belitung Islands The Bangka Belitung Islands (; Jawi: ) is a province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main land masses — the islands of Bangka and Belitung — and numerous smaller islands. Bangka B ...

. She began her football career at the age of 7 when her mother signed her to join SSB Surabaya Bersatu, a youth football development team located in

Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...

, East Java. After spending several years in her youth, she subsequently joined the development team of

Persebaya Surabaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya (), is an Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Surabaya, East Java. The club currentl ...

Club career

She commenced her professional career upon joining Arema, a rival team of her previous club, Persebaya Surabaya. Sheva played a pivotal role for Arema in the 2019 Women's Liga 1 competition, leading the club to the

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. During the season, she scored 10 goals in 16 appearances, at the age of just 15. In 2025, she joined

Makati F.C. Makati Football Club (MFC) is a Philippine youth football club. Founded by Tomas Lozano, the club is a regular participant of the Gothia Cup. The club will be sending a women's side in the PFF Women's League for the 2025 season. History The Ma ...

of the

in the Philippines.

International career

Sheva made her international career debut with Indonesia under-18 at the

2022 AFF U-18 Women's Championship The 2022 AFF U-18 Women's Championship was the 2nd edition of the AFF U-19 Women's Championship, an international women's youth football tournament organised by ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). It was hosted by Indonesia. Australia beat Vietnam 2 ...

, where she also scored her first goal in a 1–0 victory against

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during the group stage on 24 July 2022.Match summary - IDN U18 (W) vs CAM U18 (W)
''AFF – ASEAN Football Federation''. 24 July 2022

Personal life

Sheva's name is inspired by the football legend

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, who played for

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. Sheva's younger sister is named Chelsea, a name chosen because Shevchenko had recently transferred to the

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club Chelsea at the time of her birth. Previously, Sheva practiced

pencak silat Pencak silat (; in Western writings sometimes spelled "pentjak silat" or phonetically as "penchak silat") is a class of related Indonesian martial arts. In neighbouring countries, the term usually refers to professional competitive silat. It ...

but decided to leave it, finding it too demanding, and subsequently transitioned to football.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Indonesia * AFF Women's Cup:

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References

External links

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at the Football Association of Indonesia * {{DEFAULTSORT:Imut, Sheva 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from the Bangka Belitung Islands Indonesian women's footballers 21st-century Indonesian sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Indonesia women's international footballers PFF Women's League players Indonesian expatriate women's footballers Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines