Yakob Sayuri (born 22 September 1997) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club PSM Makassar and the Indonesia national team.[2] He is the twin brother of Yance Sayuri, who is also a footballer.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yakob Sayuri | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Yapen, Indonesia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | PSM Makassar | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Persewar Waropen | 8 | (1) |
| 2018 | Persemi Mimika | 10 | (13) |
| 2018 | Persewar Waropen | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Barito Putera | 22 | (1) |
| 2020− | PSM Makassar | 40 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Indonesia U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Indonesia | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | |||
Coming from the remote island chain of Yapen in Papua province, Sayuri has no experience training in any soccer school or organized youth team. He started his professional career in 2017 in the third-tier of Indonesian football with Persewar Waropen after coach Eduard Ivakdalam, a former national team player, found Sayuri casually playing in his hometown of Serui. Sayuri followed Ivakdalam when the coach in 2018 moved to train Persemi Mimika, another Liga 3 team from Papua. Coaches with interests in raw Papuan talents started to observe Sayuri.
Brazilian coach Jacksen F. Tiago, who played and coached for the leading club in Papua, Persipura Jayapura, was one of the coaches with an eye on Papuan talent. Tiago in 2019 recruited Sayuri to play for Liga 1 club Barito Putera, which is based in the South Kalimantan provincial capital of Banjarmasin on Borneo island. In his breakout season, Sayuri played 25 matches and scored twice for his first top-flight team. His meteoric rise from no previous club to becoming a starter of a Liga 1 team within two years earned him a call to join the Indonesia U-23 team in mid-2019.
Sayuri's 2019 performance led the oldest team in Liga 1, PSM Makassar, to hire him in 2020. While the 2020 Liga 1 season only lasted for three matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sayuri impressed in PSM's international matches in the 2020 AFC Cup against clubs from Singapore, Myanmar and the Philippines. This led to invitations to train for the Indonesia senior team under coach Shin Tae-yong.[4]
Sayuri made his international debut for Indonesia U-23 on 7 June 2019 against Thailand U-23 and Philippines U-23 on 9 June 2019 at the 2019 Merlion Cup.[5] He received a call to join the senior Indonesian national football team in May 2021. He earned his first senior cap in a 25 May 2021 friendly match in Dubai against Afghanistan.[6][7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barito Putera | 2019 | Liga 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| PSM Makassar | 2020 | Liga 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Liga 1 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 36 | 8 | |
| 2022–23 | Liga 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| Career total | 62 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 81 | 17 | ||
| Indonesia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |
Yakob Sayuri's twin brother Yance Sayuri[9] played his first match for PSM Makassar on 26 October 2021.[10]
PSM Makassar – current squad | |
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