Bambang Pamungkas

Bambang Pamungkas

Bambang in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Bambang Pamungkas
Date of birth	(1980-06-10) 10 June 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Semarang Regency, Indonesia [1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1988–1989	SSB Hobby Sepakbola Getas
1989–1993	SSB Ungaran Serasi
1993–1994	Persada Utama Ungaran
1994–1996	Persikas Semarang Regency
1996–1999	Diklat Salatiga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2005	Persija Jakarta	126	(80)
2000	→ EHC Norad (loan)	11	(7)
2005–2007	Selangor	63	(42)
2007–2013	Persija Jakarta	149	(73)
2013–2014	Pelita Bandung Raya	24	(10)
2015–2019	Persija Jakarta	77	(10)
Total		450	(222)
International career
1999–2012	Indonesia	85	(37)
Managerial career
2020–2021	Persija Jakarta
2021–2022	Persija Jakarta
Medal record Men's football Representing   Indonesia AFF Championship Runner-up 2000 Thailand Runner-up 2002 Indonesia & Singapore Runner-up 2010 Indonesia & Vietnam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bambang Pamungkas (born 10 June 1980), also known as Bepe, is an Indonesian football manager and former player. As a footballer, he predominantly played for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national football team. His natural position is striker. Bambang made his name in South East Asian football when he scored the only goal for Indonesia at the 2002 Tiger Cup semifinal against Malaysia, ^[2] and was the tournament's top scorer with eight goals. ^[3]

Bambang is considered to be an Indonesian living legend and most successful player in Indonesia. He is known with an outstanding header of the ball, and has a reputation for sharpness in the penalty box. He earned 85 caps and 37 goals ^[4] with the Indonesia national team, ^[5] and is perhaps the team's most popular player among its supporters. ^[6] He was considered one of top ten Asian players of 2012 by ESPN Soccernet. ^[7]

Club career

Bambang with Persija Jakarta in 2017

Bambang played for several clubs around his hometown as a youth, before beginning his senior career with Persija Jakarta. He was the club's top goalscorer in 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia with 24 goals. In 2000, he joined EHC Norad in the Dutch Third Division. But after only 4 months he returned to Persija, the only Indonesian club he ever played for.

Bambang helped his club to win the Liga Indonesia in 2001, and he was awarded the accolade of that season's best player. Persija Jakarta narrowly missed out on winning the championship again in 2004, by one point. The following season Persija reached the 2005 final, but lost 2–3 to Persipura Jayapura.

Shortly afterwards, Bambang accepted an offer to play in the Malaysian Football League with Selangor FA, along with national teammate Elie Aiboy. In his first season in Malaysia he won the Premier League Malaysia, FA Cup Malaysia, and Malaysia Cup, and became the league's top-scorer with 23 goals in 24 matches. During two seasons in Malaysia he scored 63 goals in four competitions: Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia Super League, FA Cup Malaysia, Malaysia Cup, AFC Cup. Despite having scored a total of 178 goals in Liga Indonesia, like Singaporean forward Indra Sahdan Daud, Bambang lost his place in the nation team to foreign-born talents.

In 2008, despite interests from English club Derby County, he opted to stay in Indonesia. ^[8]

In 2010, he had a trial at FC Ingolstadt 04 but failed to secure a contract. ^[9]

On 9 December 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Pelita Bandung Raya.

On 3 December 2014, Bambang moved back to Persija. ^{[10] [11]} On 17 December 2019, he announced his retirement from professional football after 19 years. His last match was a 1–3 away win for Persija against Kalteng Putra F.C. at the Tuah Pahoe Stadium.

On 17 January 2020, a month after his retirement, Bambang was chosen to become Persija's manager.

International career

In 1998 Bambang's international career began when he was selected to play for the Indonesian U-19 team. His tally of seven goals at the Asian Cup made him the competition's top scorer. He made his senior international debut the following year in a friendly match against Lithuania, in which he scored one goal. ^[12]

Bambang has taken part in four FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014), playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 times. ^[13] Bambang has also been involved in three AFC Asian Cups: 2000, 2004 and 2007. He scored a goal against Bahrain in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, in a match Indonesia won 2–1. ^[14]

In the 2002 Tiger Cup, Bambang was the top scorer with 8 goals, but an injury ruled him out of the Indonesian squad for the 2004 event. He scored twice in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, once against Myanmar and once against Cambodia. In 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Bambang scored two goals in a match against Thailand, both from penalty kicks. ^[15] He has scored a total of 12 goals in the ASEAN Football Championship, making him the 5th-highest goalscorer in ASEAN Football Championship history.

Outside football

Personal life

Bambang is married to Tribuana Tungga Dewi, with whom he has three daughters: Salsa Alicia, Jane Abel, Syaura Abana. The second youngest of 7 children. He initially had no thoughts of becoming a footballer. He likes reading and cooking, and has ambitions to become a teacher or a chef once his footballing career is over. ^[16]

Philanthropy

Bambang devotes some of his free time to charity work, promoting the Bambang Pamungkas Foundation that he set up to provide financial assistance and resources to schools in Indonesia. He is also involved in raising funds for children's cancer charities. ^[6]

Controversy

On 18 December 2011, following the match between Sriwijaya and Persija Jakarta, Bambang, Ismed Sofyan and Leo Saputra were involved in an assault on Hilton Moreira at his hotel, allegedly provoked by Hilton's behaviour during the match. ^[17]

Public figure

As a well-known public figure, Bambang has appeared in many product endorsements, including for Biskuat, Ti Phone, Nike, Bodrex, and Kuku Bima.

The book Ketika Jemariku Menari details Bambang's life, career and teammates at club and national level, especially during the 2010 AFF Championship. Former Indonesiam national team manager Ivan Venkov Kolev comments in the book that Bambang is "a rare striker in Indonesia. Commitment and professionalism are the hallmarks of these players". ^[18]

Bambang has been chosen as a torch bearer for 2012 Summer Olympics flame passage through Calderdale on 24 June 2012. ^[19]

Career statistics

International

Indonesia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	10	7
2000	1	0
2001	5	2
2002	7	8
2004	10	1
2006	3	1
2007	10	4
2008	12	7
2009	5	1
2010	13	3
2011	7	3
2012	2	0
Total	85	37

International goals

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first. ^{[20] [21]}

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 1999	Valga Keskstaadion, Valga, Estonia	1	Lithuania	2–2	2–2	Friendly
2	2 August 1999	Berakas Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	3	Malaysia	3–0	6–0	1999 SEA Games
3					4–0
4	30 October 1999	Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	8	Cambodia	2–0	5–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	14 November 1999	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	9	Hong Kong	3–1	3–1
6	20 November 1999	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	10	Cambodia	6–1	9–2
7					7–2
8	8 April 2001	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	12	Maldives	5–0	5–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	29 April 2001	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	14	Cambodia	2–0	2–0
10	17 December 2002	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	19	Cambodia	2–2	4–2	2002 Tiger Cup
11					3–2
12					4–2
13	23 December 2002	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	21	Philippines	1–0	13–1
14					4–0
15					5–0
16					12–1
17	27 December 2002	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	22	Malaysia	1–0	1–0
18	12 February 2004	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	24	Jordan	1–0	1–2	Friendly
19	23 August 2006	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	34	Malaysia	1–0	1–1	2006 Merdeka Tournament
20	1 June 2007	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	40	Hong Kong	2–0	3–0	Friendly
21	21 June 2007	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	41	Jamaica	1–0	2–1
22					2–1
23	10 July 2007	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	43	Bahrain	2–1	2–1	2007 AFC Asian Cup
24	25 April 2008	Siliwangi Stadium, Bandung, Indonesia	47	Yemen	1–0	1–0	Friendly
25	6 June 2008	Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia	48	Malaysia	1–0	1–1
26	11 June 2008	Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia	49	Vietnam	1–0	1–0
27	21 August 2008	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	50	Cambodia	7–0	7–0	2008 Indonesia Independence Cup
28	25 August 2008	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	51	Myanmar	4–0	4–0
29	5 December 2008	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	54	Myanmar	3–0	3–0	2008 AFF Suzuki Cup
30	7 December 2008	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	55	Cambodia	4–0	4–0
31	14 November 2009	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	62	Kuwait	1–0	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
32	21 November 2010	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	68	East Timor	5–0	6–0	Friendly
33	7 December 2010	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	72	Thailand	1–1	2–1	2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
34					2–1
35	22 August 2011	Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia	77	Palestine	3–1	4–1	Friendly
36					4–1
37	15 November 2011	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	83	Iran	1–3	1–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
-	14 November 2012	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	-	East Timor	1–0	1–0	Unofficial friendly

Honours

Persija

• Liga 1: 2001, 2018
• Indonesia President's Cup: 2018

Selangor

• Malaysia Premier League: 2005
• Malaysia Cup: 2005
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2005

Indonesia

• Indonesian Independence Cup: 2008
• AFF Championship runner-up: 2000, 2002, 2010

Individual

• AFF Championship Top Scorer: 2002
• AFF Championship All-time XI: 2021 ^[22]
• Liga Indonesia Premier Division Top Goalscorer: 1999–2000
• Liga Indonesia Premier Division Best Player: 2001
• Malaysia Premier League Top Scorer: 2005
• Malaysia Cup Best Foreign Player 2005
• Malaysia FA Cup Top Scorer 2005
• Copa Indonesia Best Player: 2008
• Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards favorite athlete: 2009
• IFFHS Men's All Time Indonesia Dream Team: 2022 ^[23]

References

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11. Dasey, Jason (11 December 2014). "Bambang's return to Persija turns the clock back for Indonesian fans". ESPN . Retrieved 11 December 2014.
12. "Bambang Pamungkas :[Official Website]". Bambangpamungkas20.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
13. "FIFA Player Statistics: Bambang PAMUNGKAS". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
14. "Indonesia off to dream start at Asian Cup after beating Bahrain". Soccerway. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
15. "Indonesia 2 Singapore 1 – Bambang double ends Thai hopes". Affsuzukicup.com. 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
16. "Bambang Pamungkas :[Official Website]". Bambangpamungkas20.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
17. "Bambang Pamungkas Ikut Pukuli Hilton". sindikasi.inilah.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
18. Toko Buku Online – BEPE20: Ketika Jemariku Menari. BukaBuku.com. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
19. "Olympic route through Calderdale announced – Local – Halifax Evening Courier". Halifaxcourier.co.uk. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
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21. Bambang Pamungkas – Goals in International Matches
22. "Vietnam national captain makes AFF Cup all-time XI". VnExpress. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
23. "IFFHS".

External links

• Official website (in Indonesian)
• Bambang Pamungkas at Soccerway
• Bambang Pamungkas at National-Football-Teams.com
• Bambang Pamungkas – FIFA competition record (archived)