Samuel Balinsa

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Samuel Balinsa
Personal information
Full name Samuel Gideon Balinsa
Date of birth (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 26) [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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

Born in Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia, Balinsa started his early career by playing for Bola Mania Soccer School and Persipura Jayapura U18. [3]

Persewar Waropen

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]

Return to Persewar Waropen

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]

Others

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 August 2025 [12]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Persewar Waropen 2019 Liga 2 72000072
Persewar Waropen 2022–23 Liga 260000060
Arema 2023–24 Liga 1 1600000160
2024–25 Liga 1240004 [a] 0280
2025–26 Super League40001 [a] 050
Total4400050490
Career total572000050622
Notes
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Piala Presiden

Honours

Arema

References

  1. "Samuel Balinsa: Profile - I-League - Indonesia". ileague.id. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  2. "Samuel Balinsa: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "5 Fakta Menarik Samuel Balinsa, Pemain Papua Terbaru di Arema". wearemania.net (in Indonesian). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  4. "Dua pemain Persewar dipanggil Timnas U22, Ino: Saya bangga". jubi.id (in Indonesian). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. "Jamu Persewar Waropen, Persatu Tumbang 0-2 di Kandang". tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. "Persewar Jungkalkan Persik dari Puncak Klasemen Grup Timur Liga 2 2019". www.bola.com (in Indonesian). 14 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 "5 Fakta Samuel Balinsa, Pemain Baru Arema FC dari Indonesia Timur". jatim.idntimes.com (in Indonesian). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  8. "Laga Perdana, Deltras FC Tundukkan Persewar 3-1". beritajatim.com (in Indonesian). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  9. "Profil Samuel Balinsa, Calon Kreator Serangan PSS Sleman, Eks Persipura Jayapura Berlabel PON Papua". tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  10. "TIM SEPAK BOLA PUTRA PAPUA MENGGONDOL MEDALI EMAS PON". www.antarafoto.com (in Indonesian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  11. "Samuel Balinsa Gagal Gabung, Lampang FC Minta Maaf". bola.okezone.com (in Indonesian). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  12. "Indonesia - S. Balinsa - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  13. "Arema FC Juara Piala Presiden 2024". PSSI (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 August 2024.[ permanent dead link ]