Mursyid Effendi Explained

Mursyid Effendi
Birth Date:23 April 1972
Birth Place:Indonesia
Position:Defender
Years1:1994–2007
Clubs1:Persebaya Surabaya
Caps1:298
Goals1:38
Years2:2007
Clubs2:Persiku Kudus
Nationalyears1:1998
Nationalteam1:Indonesia
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0

Mursyid Effendi (born 23 April 1972) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Effendi played club football for Persebaya Surabaya and Persiku Kudus.

He also earned a total of five caps for the Indonesia national team.

Own goal

On 31 August 1998, while playing for Indonesia in a 1998 Tiger Cup group match against Thailand, Effendi deliberately scored an own goal to affect the outcome of the match; he was banned for life from international football by FIFA.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal. 17 July 2006. Bill Edgar. The Times.
  2. News: Was Zidane the first on-pitch puker?. 14 July 2004. Georgina Turner and Will Roberts. The Guardian. London.
  3. News: The most bizarre goals. The Independent . London. 27 September 2010.
  4. Web site: First XI: Own goals - ESPN FC . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026121419/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/937531/first-xi:-own-goals?cc=5901 . 2012-10-26.