| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Gideon Balinsa | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1999 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sorong, Indonesia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arema | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SSB Bola Mania | |||
| 2017–2018 | Persipura U19 | ||
| 2019 | PPLP Papua | ||
| 2021 | PON Papua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Persewar Waropen | 7 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Persewar Waropen | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Arema | 44 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Samuel Gideon Balinsa (born 8 March 1999) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League club Arema.
Born in Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia, Balinsa started his early career by playing for Bola Mania Soccer School and Persipura Jayapura U18. [3]
In 2019, he was signed for Persewar Waropen to play in Liga 2 in the 2019 season. [4] Balinsa made his first-team debut on 22 June 2019 in a 0–1 win against Persatu Tuban. [5] On 14 July 2019, Balinsa scored his first league goal for Persewar Waropen with scored a brace against Persik Kediri in a 0–2 win, the latter result saw Persewar move to 1st position in the league table of East Group. [6] Balinsa finished the first season with 2 goals in 7 games. [7]
After last season without a club and playing for Papua in the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, the following season, he rejoined Persewar Waropen. [3] On 29 August 2022, he started his match in the 2022–23 season for Persewar in a 3–1 lose over Deltras. [8] He finished his season in 2022–23 with only 6 appearances. [7]
In 2019, He became part of the PPLP Papua team. In 2021, Balinsa participated in the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, representing Papua. [9] He successfully represented Papua to win the gold medal after winning the final match in a 2–0 victory over the team from Aceh. [10] After impressively representing Papua at the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, in January 2022, he almost joined Thai League 2 club Lampang, but that fell through due to administrative issues. [11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Persewar Waropen | 2019 | Liga 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Persewar Waropen | 2022–23 | Liga 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Arema | 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Liga 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 [a] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 [a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 2 | ||
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