Taufik Rustam

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Maluku Utara United
2 Sep 2026
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Marked for Taufik Rustam

4 Edition

The Maluku Utara United Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad24 Aug 2026

The knee: Ciro out for 65 days

65 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Maluku Utara United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match19 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Maluku Utara United

2‑3 against Persib, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Both of them Dimas Drajad's — 8.56

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.56, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Alan keeps Maluku Utara United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Ciro, 37, rolls back the years — 8.18

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.18 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market24 Aug 2026

Manahati Lestusen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Maluku Utara United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Septian David

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Rachmat Saddil will not be coming to Maluku Utara United

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Persebaya is saying, and nobody at Maluku Utara United is enjoying the guessing.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Bali United tell Maluku Utara United: João Ferrari is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Maluku Utara United Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

David da Silva, 36, rolls back the years — 8.00

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.00 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market3 Aug 2026

Muhammad Ridwan hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Maluku Utara United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Igor Inocêncio signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Igor Inocêncio and Maluku Utara United agree another 3 years.

Match1 Aug 2026

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 93 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Maluku Utara United had all but put away. Persija will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

Market3 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Maluku Utara United and Lucas Cardoso

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Maluku Utara United, another week without a signature from Lucas Cardoso.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Maluku Utara United

França and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match1 Aug 2026

Honours even between Maluku Utara United and Persija

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Half-satisfied: Bambang Darmawan on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 2‑2, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Maluku Utara United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yacob Sayuri was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief