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Mad Bomber and Speed Demon Joined National Team

by: Himawan Novianto, 1006660882

In Indonesia, sports are very popular. The most popular sport in Indonesia is football.

Indonesian national team or better known as Tim Garuda must be proud, because of became

the first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup in 1938. At that time, they still carry

the name of The Dutch East Indies. Although Indonesia has very large of population, it is still

not including for the ranks of the strongest teams in AFC (Asian Football Confederation). But,

now, there is something new in the national team. This year, Indonesia has two new strikers as

result of naturalization process. Indonesian national team is looked more ferocious with the

presence from both of them. They are Christian El-Loco Gonzalez and Irfan Bachdim. These

two naturalization strikers: Christian "El-Loco" Gonzalez The Mad Bomber and Irfan Bachdim

The Speed Demon will has officially strengthened Indonesia national team for the first time on

December 1, 2010 in AFF Cup.

Christian Gerard Alvaro Gonzalez, better known as Christian Gonzalez, is a footballer

from Montevideo, Uruguay, which plays as a striker. Now, he is strengthening for Persib

Bandung as a striker in ISL (Indonesia Super League). On November 3, 2010, Gonzalez had

officially become an Indonesian Citizen (WNI). His status is gained after he filled the request

letter to become an Indonesian citizen in 2006.El-Loco The Mad Bomber is the nickname of

Gonzalez. He had become the first naturalization player which is owned by Indonesian national

team. The reason why PSSI (Football Association of Indonesia) chooses Gonzalez in the national

team is because he had become a top scorer for four times in the last season in Indonesian

League. Gonzalez will strengthen the national team projections for AFF Cup, December 1, 2010.

Irfan Bachdim is a young man who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on August 11,

1988 and now, actually he is 22 years old. His height is 172 cm and weight approximately is 62

kg. He is a Dutch footballer of Indonesian descent. He is a naturalization player who was

conducted by PSSI to strengthen the national team as a striker The Speed Demon. Irfan is aplayer who has above average speed.Now, he is strengthening Persema Malang in ISL. Irfan for

the first time, played at Eredivisie for FC Utrecht on February 17, 2008. Eredivisie is the highest

football league in Netherlands. At that time, he played as starting eleven for FC Utrecht.

Currently, Irfan is the only player of Indonesian descent who had competed in the highest league

in Europe.

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Indonesian national team will carve a new history because throughout the history of

Indonesia national team, our national team will be strengthened by two naturalization players

named Christian Gonzalez and Irfan Bachdim for the first time in AFF Cup, December 1,

2010. Gonzalez is one of the most deadly strikers in the history of Indonesian football

competition. In addition, the national team will also be strengthened by Irfan Bachdim,

Indonesian descent player who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Naturalization is one ofthe efforts to improve the quality of Indonesian national team. A lot of talents out of there who

have the blood of Indonesian descent can join to our national team.