Zahra Muzdalifah

Zahra Muzdalifah (born 4 April 2001) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays a forward for WE League club Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies and the Indonesia women's national team.[1]

Zahra Muzdalifah
Personal information
Full name Zahra Muzdalifah
Date of birth (2001-04-04) 4 April 2001
Place of birth Jakarta, Indonesia
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies
Youth career
SSB Madani Meruya
SSB Patriot Merah Putih
ASIOP Apacinti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Persija Putri 4 (3)
2022 South Shields 2 (1)
2023– Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies 0 (0)
International career
2018– Indonesia 22 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2022

Early life

Zahra Muzdalifah was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 4, 2001. She started playing football from the age of 7, after her father introduced her to the sport.

Education

She continued her education while playing professional football in Indonesia. She completed her SD, SMP, and SMA qualification in 10 years. At the high school level, Zahra attended Islamic Secondary School International Middle School (IISS). Then proceed to the upper intermediate level at International Islamic High School. After completing her education at the senior secondary level, Zahra then continued her education at Binus University majoring in Mass Communication.[2][3]

Career

She started her career in football by joining SSB Madani Meruya, she later joined SSB Patriot Merah Putih and then Zahra then joined ASIOP Football Academy in 2012.

At the age of 12, she joined ASIOP Football Academy, where she gained the skills to appear in the Women's football competition which took place in Norway.[4] Muzdalifah was with the Ngapak FC futsal team and also the Jakarta 69 club.

Her career became increasingly recognised when she became part of the Persija Putri, where she scored 1 goal on her debut against PSIS Putri a 4-1 victory at Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman, in the event Liga 1 Putri, a top-flight women's football league in Indonesia.[5]

Her performance attracted several clubs she defended, including an invitation to join the Indonesian team, Srikandi Garuda at the Asian Games in 2018. Not only as a player, but as a Team captain.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 July 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Philippines1–23–32018 AFF Women's Championship
2.16 August 2018 Maldives1–06–02018 Asian Games
3.6–0

References

  1. "Profil Zahra Muzdalifah, si Cantik Andalan Persija Jakarta". iNews.ID (in Indonesian). 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  2. "Zahra Musdalifah BINUSIAN for ASIAN GAMES 2018". www.binus.edu Bina Nusantara. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. "Profil Zahra Muzdalifah, Pesepak bola Wanita Timnas Indonesia". www.aktualita.co. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Zahra Muzdalifah: Kata Siapa Perempuan Enggak Bisa Jadi Pesepak Bola?". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  5. "Persija Putri Menang Meyakinkan Dengan 4 Gol". wartakota.tribunnews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. "Wawancara Eksklusif - Zahra Muzdalifah: Mengejar Impian Bermain Di Eropa | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
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