Indra Sjafri

Indra Sjafri
Sjafri in 2024
Personal information
Full name Indra Sjafri
Date of birth (1963-02-02) 2 February 1963 (age 63)
Place of birth Pesisir Selatan, Indonesia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 PSP Padang
Managerial career
2011 Indonesia U-16
2011–2014 Indonesia U-19
2014–2017 Bali United
2017–2018 Indonesia U-19
2019–2020 Indonesia U-23
2020–2023 Indonesia (technical director)
2023 Indonesia U-23
2023–2025 Indonesia U-20
2025 Indonesia U-23
Medal record
Representing  Indonesia (as manager)
AFF U-23 Championship
Winner2019 CambodiaTeam
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Phnom PenhTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 ManilaTeam
ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship
Winner2013 IndonesiaTeam
Winner2024 IndonesiaTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Indra Sjafri (born 2 February 1963) is a former Indonesian football player and was most recently the head coach of Indonesia U-23. Before getting into coaching, he was a branch manager at Pos Indonesia. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Andalas University.

Coaching license

Managerial career

On 17 December 2014, he was appointed to be the head coach of Bali United.

Sjafri was the manager of the Indonesia U-23 team that won the 2023 SEA Games football tournament after a 32-year drought.

He was again appointed as the Indonesia U-23 manager for the 2022 Asian Games.

On 1 July 2023, Sjafri was again appointed as the head coach of the Indonesia U-20 team. He was relieved of his duties from the role on 23 February 2025, following an early group-stage exit in the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.

Following Gerald Vanenburg exit from the under-23 team. Sjafri was once again appointed as the head coach of the U-23 national team for the 2025 SEA Games with the hope of retaining the title. However, Indonesia would be knocked out from the group stage, following a lost from the Philippines. Following the early exit, Sjafri was dismissed entirely as a coach and part of the PSSI member.

Honours

Manager

Indonesia U-19
Indonesia U-23

References

  1. ↑ "INDRA BEBAS TUGAS, AJI TETAP DIPERTAHANKAN" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Indra Sjafri Resmi Besut Bali United Pusam" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Indra Sjafri Ambil Alih Timnas U-23 untuk Asian Games 2023 Mulai 13 September" [Indra Sjafri Takes Over the U-23 National Team for the 2023 Asian Games Starting September 13]. Tempo (in Indonesian). Jakarta. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "PSSI Resmi Pecat Indra Sjafri" [Indonesian FA officially dismisses Indra Sjafri] (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 23 February 2025.