Budi Sudarsono is an active Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n footballer. He normally plays either as an attacking midfielder or a forward. He stands at 175 cm (5 ft 9in).

He played for Persik Kediri

Persik Kediri

Persik, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kediri is an Indonesian professional association football team located in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. The club was founded in 1950 by Raden Muchamad Machin, T.H.D. Rahmat, and M. Sanusi. In media, the tautology Persik Kediri is often...

 in the 2007 AFC Champions League group stage, where he scored two goals.

PDRM

After the end of the 2007 Liga Indonesia, Budi played for PDRM in the Malaysia Super League. He scored 3 goals in 4 months. 2 of the goals was scored on his debut against KOR RAMD in the Malaysian FA Cup. The final score was 5-1 to PDRM. Another goal was scored against Perak FA

Perak FA

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 but it is the opposite, his team lost 1-5.

Sriwijaya

Budi moved to Sriwijaya in 2010/2011 Indonesian Super league season. Using his old number, 13, he made 11 goals in 21 appearance.

International career

He has made several appearances for the Indonesia national football team

Indonesia national football team

The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia . Prior to independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to...

, and is best remembered for scoring goals in two consecutive Asian Cup tournaments. He opened his account by scoring a goal in the 2004 Asian Cup for Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 against Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

 in a group A game which Indonesia ended up winning 2-1. It was Indonesia's first ever victory in Asian Cup history since their first participation in Asian Cup 1996. The other goal was scored by his teammate Ponaryo Astaman

Ponaryo Astaman

Ponaryo Astaman is a current Indonesian football player. He is also a currently Indonesia national football team players from 2003 until now. He was a captain for Indonesian football team. As a player, he already played for several clubs in Indonesia, such as PSM Makassar, Arema FC, Persija...

. He scored another goal in the 2007 Asian Cup for Indonesia against Bahrain in group D, which ended in a 2-1 win for Indonesia. The other goal was scored by Bambang Pamungkas

Bambang Pamungkas

Bambang Pamungkas is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Persija Jakarta in the Indonesian Super League and the Indonesia national football team. His natural position is striker...

. His fans have nicknamed him Budi Gol, Budi Jancok, Kileng, Budi Drogba (for his resemblance to the Ivorian striker Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...

), and Ular Piton (Python). He scored the only goal for Indonesia against Syria during the 2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

 qualification in Jakarta in which Indonesia went on to lose 1-4 and lose the 2nd leg 0-7 and eliminated from the competition. Recently in December 2008, he scored hattrick and led Indonesia win 4-0 against Cambodia in AFF Suzuki Cup. He also scored a goal in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup

2011 AFC Asian Cup

The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...

 qualification against Kuwait in Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

 which ended with the score 1-1.

Family

Budi Sudarsono is the eldest child of six in his family. His father is Saifulloh and his mother is Murwani. He has two children with his wife Ida Oktavia; they are Jujabilla Sudarsono and Nalulla Sudarsono.

Participation in national team

• Pre-World Cup Qualifying 2001
• SEA Games 2001
• Tiger Cup 2002
• Asian Cup 2004
• AFF Cup 2006
• Asian Cup 2007
• Independence Cup
• Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008 Myanmar
• AFF Suzuki Cup 2008

External links

• Budi Sudarsono on deltras-fc.com