Of course, there were many half-Indonesian big leaguers such as Emil Audero and Robin van Persie, but they never played for the Indonesian national team. Jordi Amat, who is also familiar as Ki Sung-yueng’s teammate during his time at Swansea, had already left the big league and was playing in the Belgian league when he joined the Indonesian national team.
In other words, this is the first time in history that a player playing for the Indonesian national team makes his debut in the top four leagues! What will Izus do in his Serie A debut? Kickoff is at 1:30AM!