Zijlstra Enters, Competition for the Front Line of the Indonesian U-23 National Team is Tight

November 7, 2025
4:22 PM

Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
—
Indra Sjafri called five attackers at the front line posts
U-23 Indonesian National Team
for the trial match against Mali U-23.
The five strikers who are projected to appear at the 2025 SEA Games are Hokky Caraka, Rafael Struick, Jens Raven, Rahmat Arjuna, Ricky Pratama, and Mauro Zijlstra.
Of the five names, only one is a new face, Zijlstra.Meanwhile, the other four were summoned last October.However, at that time Struick was unable to answer the call.
ADVERTISEMENT
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT
Of the 32 names of players who were called up last October, those dropped were Victor Dethan, Arlansyah Abdulmanan, Adrian Wibowo and Ricky Pratama.
Will these five players stay or be Indra’s choice for Indonesia U-23 at the 2025 SEA Games which will take place in Thailand on 9-20 December 2025?
What is certain is that the Indonesian U-23 squad for the 2025 SEA Games will only have 21 players.This also means that nine of the 30 names of players currently called will be crossed out.
If we look deeper, only Raven is a pure striker.The rest are wing attackers.In fact, Hokky is a striker, but now he often plays as a winger.
Together with Persita Tangerang, Hokky was placed by Carlos Pena as a wing striker.Only at the start of the season was the spearhead, but was considered less sharp.
Meanwhile, Struick also operates more as a winger.This 21 year old player is always played by Jan Olde Riekerink as a wing striker in the second half.
Meanwhile, Rahmat Arjuna and Ricky Pratama both play as wingers.Both of them almost never appeared as strikers in the Super League competition.
With this background, who will be the main choice in the Indonesian National Team?There is the potential that no one will be dropped, but there is also a chance that two names will be eliminated.
[Gambas:hitclubapk3 Video]
(abs/jun)