Faris Aditama

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Persik
14 Oct 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Faris Aditama

7 Edition

The Persik Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A fracture rules Leo out for 64 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Persik will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings

José Enrique scores twice — 8.49

Two goals and a mark of 8.49 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Husna Al Malik asks to leave Persik

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Chechu delivers — 7.96

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Chechu scored, was marked 7.96, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Match

José Enrique sends Persik past Borneo

It finished 3‑2, and it was José Enrique’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Persik.

Match

Whatever happens, Persik do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

No hiding place for Telmo Castanheira

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

Squad

Irkham Mila falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

A long bet from Persik on Oscar Gqeke

He is 20, and nobody at Persik signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Persik Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Leo breaks a bone — 86 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 86 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Cup progress for Persik

A 1‑0 win over PSM, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Persik turn down Dewa United for Leo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Age has not caught Yandi Sofyan yet — 7.85

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.85 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market

Faris Aditama 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 Persik can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Persik

José Enrique was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Adrián Luna falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

José Enrique gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Imanol García the difference as Persik beat Persebaya

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Imanol García. 1‑0 against Persebaya, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

1 Edition

The Persik Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Jon Toral stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jon Toral and Persik agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Persik

Jon Toral was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Adrián Luna falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

A bad afternoon for Persik against Persita

1‑2 to Persita, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Adrián Luna

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Persijap watching Rizqi Abhirama

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Persik have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jon Toral

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Still no ink between Persik and Leo

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

Player ratings

Rodrigo stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.87 on the card, and the Persik support went home talking about one name.

In brief