Diego Michiels

Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels or Diego Michiels (born August 8, 1990 in Deventer, Netherlands) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for and captains Liga 1 club Borneo. His father, Robbie Michiels, is from Jakarta. While his mother, Annet Kloppenburg, is a Dutch citizen.[3]

Diego Michiels
Personal information
Full name Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels
Date of birth (1990-08-08) August 8, 1990[1]
Place of birth Deventer, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Club information
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)
2011–2013 Pelita Jaya 2 (0)
2012 → Arema Indonesia (loan) 18 (0)
2013–2014 Sriwijaya 11 (0)
2014–2015 Mitra Kukar 26 (1)
2016– Borneo 75 (1)
National team‡
2011–2013 Indonesia U23 16 (0)
2012– Indonesia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2014

International career

In 2011, Diego 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, will be able to play for the Indonesia.[4] He made his debut for Indonesia in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Bahrain on February 29, 2012.

Career statistics

National team appearances
Indonesia national team
YearAppsGoals
201220
201300
201410
Total30

Honours

Country honours
Indonesia U-23

Personal life

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]

Diego converted to Islam in 2013 and took the Islamic name Diego Muhammad bin Robbie Michiels.[6]

References
  1. "Diego Michiels". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. "Diego Michiels: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. "Indonesia - D. Michiels - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  4. JPNN.com. "Paspor Tiga Pemain Naturalisasi Tuntas".
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-12-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Diego Michiels Masuk Islam di Ruang Sidang - Kompas.com".
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