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Mursyid Effendi

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Mursyid Effendi
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-23) 23 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Indonesia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2007 Persebaya Surabaya 298 (38)
2007 Persiku Kudus
International career
1998 Indonesia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mursyid Effendi (born 23 April 1972) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

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Effendi played club football for Persebaya Surabaya and Persiku Kudus.[1]

He also earned a total of five caps for the Indonesia national team.[1]

Own goal

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On 31 August 1998, while playing for Indonesia in a 1998 Tiger Cup group match against Thailand, Effendi deliberately scored an own goal to affect the outcome of the match; he was banned for life from international football by FIFA.[2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mursyid Effendi at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Bill Edgar (17 July 2006). "Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
  3. ^ Georgina Turner and Will Roberts (14 July 2004). "Was Zidane the first on-pitch puker?". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ "The most bizarre goals". The Independent. London. 27 September 2010.
  5. ^ "First XI: Own goals - ESPN FC". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.