Egy Maulana

Egy Maulana Vikri (born 7 July 2000) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Poland club Lechia Gdańsk and the Indonesia national team. In 2017, Egy was named as one of the 60 most talented and promising players born in the year 2000 by The Guardian.[3]

Egy Maulana
Egy Maulana giving autographs before the Lechia Gdańsk match 2019
Personal information
Full name Egy Maulana Vikri
Date of birth (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Place of birth Medan, Indonesia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lechia Gdańsk
Number 32
Youth career
2005–2012 Tasbi Soccer School
2013–2018 SKO Ragunan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Lechia Gdańsk II 21 (15)
2018– Lechia Gdańsk 8 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Indonesia U16 6 (4)
2017–2018 Indonesia U19 16 (15)
2019– Indonesia U23 13 (5)
2017– Indonesia[2] 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2019

Career

Early career

Egy began playing his amateur football at SSB Tasbi Medan where he participated in the Grassroots Indonesian U-12 Tournament in 2012. His potential raw talent was noticed by the Indonesian national talent scouts. At that time, Egy helped his team to become the champions of that tournament and also ended up as the top scorer of the tournament.[4] Furthermore, he was trained in the Sports Special School, better known as Diklat Ragunan. Egy is also the younger brother of a PON North Sumatra player named Yuzrizal Muzakki who was then playing for PSBL Langsa. In 2015, Egy managed to bring Indonesia into a champion in the Gothia Cup event in Sweden and was awarded as the best player of the Gothia Cup 2015 tournament bagging a total of 28 goals along the way.

Egy was former North Sumatra player in Popwil 2016. His talent also was spotted by the international media when he played for Indonesia U-19 in Toulon Tournament from 29 May to 10 June 2017. At that time Egy got the prestigious award Jouer Revelation Trophee for being the breakout player in the tournament, an award previously won by footballers including Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane.[4]

In September 2017, Egy became the Top Scorer of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship with outstanding 8 goals for Indonesia U-19.[5]

By the end of 2018, Chainat Hornbill will organize a number of trials for Egy with some German clubs.[6][7]

Europe trials

He was offered trials by a number of European clubs including Benfica, Sporting CP, Getafe CF, Espanyol, Legia Warsaw, Saint-Étienne, Ajax Amsterdam and some Italian clubs.[8][9][10][11] But he choose Polish club Lechia Gdańsk which took him in without any trials needed.

Lechia Gdańsk

On 11 March 2018, Egy officially joined Lechia Gdańsk on a three years contract joining the team on his 18th birthday.[12] The club reached an agreement with the Indonesian Ragunan Athletes Academy regarding the transfer, which will take effect on 8 July 2018. He was also handed the number 10 shirt.[13] He made his first-team debut on 22 December 2018 as a substitute in a match against Gornik Zabrze.[14] Egy played in the 2019 Polish SuperCup final against Piast Gliwice, coming on as a substitute as Lechia won 3–1.[15]

International career

Egy was playing throughout youth level for Indonesia U-14, Indonesia U-16, Indonesia U-19, and Indonesia U-23.

He made his debut and first goal for Indonesia U-16 in a friendly match against Vietnam U-16 in December 2014,[16] one year before Indonesia's FIFA suspension.[16] He scored two goals in a friendly match against Japan U-16 in April 2015.[17]

He made his debut for Indonesia U-19 in the 2017 Toulon Tournament on 31 May 2017 against Brazil U20.[2] His impressive performance at the tournament earned him the Breakthrough Player of the Tournament.[18]

He made his debut for the Indonesia U-23 in a friendly match against the Syria U-23 on 16 November 2017 where he came on as a substitute.[19]

He made his debut for the senior Indonesian national team on 2 December 2017, also coming on as a substitute in the 4–0 win over Brunei in the 2017 Aceh World Solidarity Tsunami Cup.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 23 November 2020
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Lechia Gdańsk II 2018–19 [21] IV liga 1613———1613
2019–20 [22] 52———52
Total 2115———2115
Lechia Gdańsk 2018–19[23] Ekstraklasa 2000——20
2019–20[23] 1000001[lower-alpha 1]020
2020–21[23] 5000——50
Total 8000001090
Career total 29150000103015
  1. Appearance in Polish SuperCup

International appearances
As of 21 March 2018
Indonesia national team[2]
YearAppsGoals
201720
201810
Total30

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk

International

Individual

References
  1. "Egy Maulana". www.pssi.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. Egy Maulana at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. JawaPos.com. "Egy Maulana, dari Gothia Cup ke Timnas U-19 Indonesia".
  5. INDOSPORT.com. "Malaysia Kalah 0-2, Egy Raih Gelar Top Skor Piala AFF U-18".
  6. Wirawan, Randy. "Klub Ini Bisa Menjadi Jembatan Egy Maulana Vikri Menuju Liga Jerman".
  7. "Klub Australia Ini Ikut Lirik Egy Maulana" (in Indonesian). Bolalob. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. "Egy Maulana Pernah Ancam Agen bila Gagal Gabung Klub Eropa" (in Indonesian). Bola. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Real Madrid Menanti Egy Maulana Vikri - Kompas.com".
  10. Bola.com. "Egy Maulana: Benfica Janji Asuransi, Klub Jerman Gaji Rp 100 Juta".
  11. "Believe the hype but be patient with Egy Maulana - FOX Sports Asia". 28 September 2017.
  12. Media, Kompas Cyber (10 July 2018). "Klub Polandia Resmi Kontrak Egy Maulana Vikri hingga 2021 - Kompas.com". KOMPAS.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. "Egy Maulana Vikri will become the new player of Lechia Gdańsk". lechia.pl. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  14. M. Hafidz Imaduddin (23 December 2018). "Egy Maulana Vikri Debut, Lechia Gdansk Menang Telak".
  15. "Skład Lechii na Superpuchar Polski". lechia.pl.
  16. "Laporan Pertandingan: Indonesia U-16 3-2 Vietnam U-16 | Goal.com". www.goal.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  17. "Timnas Indonesia U-16 Bungkam Jepang U-16 | Goal.com". www.goal.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  18. "The Toulon Tournament 2017 awards". 11 June 2017.
  19. Putra, Gerry. "Cerita Egy Maulana Vikri yang Lakukan Debut Timnas U-23".
  20. Indonesia, CNN. "Timnas Indonesia Kalahkan Brunei 4-0".
  21. "2018/19 IV Liga, Gr. pomorska". lechia.net.
  22. "2019/20 IV Liga, Gr. pomorska". lechia.net.
  23. "E. Vikri: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  24. "Final SEA Games 2019, Timnas U23 Indonesia Lawan Vietnam". Kompas. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  25. Bola.com. "Egy Maulana Vikry Raih Penghargaan di Turnamen Toulon 2017".
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