Irfan Bachdim
Irfan Bachdim Irfan Bachdim is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Sriracha. His father, Noval Bachdim, is an Indonesian former footballer of Arab Indonesian descent while his mother, Hester van Dijk, is Dutch. Bachdim speaks Dutch, English and Indonesian. He started his career in Ajax along with Mitchell Donald, Jeffrey Sarpong, Christian Supusepa and Ryan Babel, but moved to Hoofdklasse side SV Argon after 3 years. He became the top scorer in the league, despite his position as a midfielder. When the Indonesia national under-23 football team had a training camp in the Netherlands, Irfan played a number times for the team, but he was injured a week before going to the 2006 Asian Games. On July 2009 he signed for HFC Haarlem in a free transfer deal. On March 2010 he had trials for Persib Bandung and Persija Jakarta but neither club signed him. Bachdim desire to play in Indonesia was finally realized when he joined the club Persema Malang with Timo Scheunemann as his coa...