Tony Sucipto

Tony Sucipto
Personal information
Full name	Tony Sucipto
Date of birth	12 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Persija Jakarta
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Persijatim
2005−2010	Sriwijaya
2010−2011	Persija Jakarta
2011−2018	Persib Bandung
2019−	Persija Jakarta
International career
2002−2003	Indonesia U17
2004–2006	Indonesia U19
2006−2009	Indonesia U23
2010−2015	Indonesia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Indonesia
AFF Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Tony Sucipto (born 12 February 1986 in Surabaya, East Java), nicknamed Toncip, is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left-back or a central defender.

Personal life[edit]

Tony is married with children. He is a Muslim who observes the Islamic month of Ramadan.^[3]^[4]

After a year at Persija Jakarta, in 2011, Tony signed for Persib Bandung. He scored his first two goals for Persib in a 5-1 win against Persita Tangerang in an Indonesia Super League match on 15 April 2013. In seven years, he made 173 league appearances and scored three goals.^[5]

In 2019, Tony returned to Persija and made his league debut on 20 May 2019 against Barito Putera at the 17th May Stadium, Banjarmasin.^[6]

International under-23 goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 November 2006	Al-Wakrah Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	Singapore U-23	1–0	1–1	2006 Asian Games
2	18 April 2007	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon U-23	2–1	2–1	2008 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

International goal

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 October 2010	Siliwangi Stadium, Bandung, Indonesia	Maldives	3–0	3–0	Friendly

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^ "Aktivitas Tony dan Rahman Saat Ramadan(Activity Tony and Rahman When Ramadan)". Persib Bandung.com (in Indonesian). 1 July 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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