Marselino Ferdinan

Marselino Ferdinan
Marselino playing for Indonesia U23 at the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Marselino Ferdinan Philipus
Date of birth (2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Jakarta, Indonesia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Oxford United
Number 28
Youth career
2019–2021 Persebaya Surabaya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Persebaya Surabaya 30 (7)
2023–2024 Deinze 7 (1)
2024– Oxford United 0 (0)
International career
2019–2020 Indonesia U16 11 (12)
2022–2023 Indonesia U20 12 (5)
2021– Indonesia U23 25 (8)
2022– Indonesia 30 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Indonesia
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Thailand
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Marselino Ferdinan Philipus (born 9 September 2004) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for EFL Championship club Oxford United and the Indonesia national team.

Marselino started his senior career with Persebaya Surabaya in 2021, emerging through its youth system. During his first season he became a regular starter and won the Liga 1 Best Young Player Award and was named of as one of the 60 most talented and promising players by The Guardian in the same year.[4] He joined Belgian side Deinze in February 2023.[5] After a year and a half with Deinze, he joined Oxford United on a free transfer in 2024.[6]

Marselino has represented Indonesia at various youth level, finishing third at the 2019 AFF U-15 Championship and winning a bronze medal at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.[citation needed] He made his senior international debut in 2022, becoming the second youngest Indonesian debutant, and scored his first goal at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers becoming the nation's youngest goalscorer.

  1. ^ "Marselino Ferdinan: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Marselino Ferdinan". www.pssi.org (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar squad lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  4. ^ Christenson, Marcus (7 October 2021). "Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Welcome, Marselino Ferdinan!" (in Dutch). 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference oxford was invoked but never defined (see the help page).