Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels or Diego Michiels (born 8 August 1990 in Deventer, Netherlands) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga 1 club Borneo. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Indonesia at international level.
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Full name | Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 32)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Deventer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Borneo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | DVV RDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Pelita Jaya | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Arema Indonesia | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Sriwijaya | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Mitra Kukar | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2021 | Borneo | 75 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Arema | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Borneo | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Indonesia U23 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Indonesia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2014 |
Michiels was born in the Netherlands to an Indonesian father and Dutch mother. In 2011, he and Joey Suk were invited by the Indonesian Football Association to play for the Indonesia national under-23 football team in Jakarta. According to the newspaper report, he was interested in joining the Indonesian national team, even though he would have to give up his Dutch passport. Along with Joey and Ruben Wuarbanaran, he was able to play for Indonesia,[3] making his full debut in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Bahrain on 29 February 2012.[4]
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | Other[lower-alpha 3] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Go Ahead Eagles | 2009–10 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
Pelita Jaya | 2011–12 | Indonesia Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Arema Indonesia | 2011–12 | Indonesian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Sriwijaya | 2013 | Indonesia Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Mitra Kukar | 2014 | Indonesia Super League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2015 | Indonesia Super League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
Borneo | 2016 | Indonesia Soccer Championship A | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
2017 | Liga 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
2018 | Liga 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2019 | Liga 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2020 | Liga 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2021 | Liga 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 88 | 1 | ||
Arema | 2021–22 | Liga 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Borneo | 2022–23 | Liga 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
Career total | 160 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 182 | 4 |
Indonesia national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2012 | 2 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
On November 9, 2012, Diego allegedly violated two criminal code articles on assault in a Jakarta nightclub and faced at least three months and twenty days in jail. On March 7, 2013, he was released from jail.[5]
He converted to Islam in 2013 and took the Islamic name Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels.[6]