Abu Kamara

Striker - Persis
10 Feb 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Abu Kamara

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The Persis Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Dimitri was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings

Wbeymar Angulo, 34, rolls back the years — 8.39

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.39 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

A row about effort at Persis

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Persis

Andrei Alba 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.

Match

Wbeymar Angulo the difference as Persis beat PSBS Biak

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Wbeymar Angulo. 2‑0 against PSBS Biak, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Match

The drought breaks for Persis

5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and PSBS Biak were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Squad

200 appearances for Miroslav Maričić

200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Andri Beckham, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Player ratings

Luka Dumančić shuts the door

Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Persis Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Dimitri was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 38. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match

No end in sight to Persis's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Persis has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Arkhan Kaka 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 Persis can pretend not to have heard.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Persis

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

A row about effort at Persis

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

Transfer targets

Persis rebuffed over Jenluis Pérez

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nueva Chicago have kept their man, and Persis go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

Persis come up short against Madura United

Madura United left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Andri Beckham left the room before anybody could ask which.

Market

Irfan Jauhari is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Persis has been clear about where Irfan Jauhari stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

4 Edition

The Persis Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Persis out of the cup

Bhayangkara Presisi ended it 2‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

Both of them Feby Eka Putra's — 8.77

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.77, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

Dimitri runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Sutanto Tan 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 Persis can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Words at Persis training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dimitri is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets

Wellington Phoenix tell Persis: Luke Supyk 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Vukašin Vraneš

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vukašin Vraneš, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

The game went through Abu Kamara — 6.57

Marked 6.57 on 10 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Squad

Words exchanged at Persis

Andrei Alba 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.

In brief