Rizky Pellu

Central Midfielder - Persebaya
24 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Rizky Pellu

5 Edition

The Maluku Utara United Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Maluku Utara United say no — this time

The offer from Persija for Nílson Júnior was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $54.0K sale of Rizky Pellu

He is going to Persebaya, the club has $54.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market

Mardani Majid asks to leave Maluku Utara United

“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.

Market

Rizky Pellu moves on

Persebaya pay $54.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Market

Business is business: Muhammad Ridwan goes

Persik paid $15.0K and Maluku Utara United took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Ridho Syuhada

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

Words at Maluku Utara United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. França 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.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Ridho Syuhada

A mark of 7.68, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match

Maluku Utara United share the spoils with Persik

A 1‑1 draw with Persik leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Persebaya Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ichsas Baihaqi breaks a bone — 99 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 99 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

The small margins put Persebaya out

Out, 1‑2 to Persik, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mochammad Supriadi

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Miguel Pereira takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Market

Randy May 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 Persebaya, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Miguel Pereira in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Persebaya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Persebaya see off Persita

Three points for Persebaya, 3‑2 the final word against Persita in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Match

Persebaya are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Player ratings

One of those days for Miguel Pereira

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.52, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

3 Edition

The Maluku Utara United Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Maluku Utara United bow out of the cup

PSIM go through and Maluku Utara United go home, 3‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Player ratings

A brace, and Yance Sayuri takes the afternoon — 8.15

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Yance Sayuri provided it, and the 8.15 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Maluku Utara United say no — this time

The offer from PSM for Abduh Lestaluhu was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Septian David

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Alan

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

4 matches without a win for Maluku Utara United

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Maluku Utara United are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Maluku Utara United

Alan 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.

Match

Yance Sayuri among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Yance Sayuri on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Maluku Utara United and PSIM.

Market

Eyes on Rizky Pellu again

The phone has started ringing about Rizky Pellu again, and this time the name on the line is Bali United. Maluku Utara United are listening politely and promising nothing.

In brief

2 Edition

The Maluku Utara United Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Maluku Utara United

Ciro 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.

Market

Persijap watching Fredyan Wahyu

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

Match

A bad afternoon for Maluku Utara United against Dewa United

0‑2 to Dewa United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alan

“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.

Squad

Words at Maluku Utara United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. França 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.

Market

Talks stall between Maluku Utara United and Ciro

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

1 Edition

The Maluku Utara United Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

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.

Squad

Nílson Júnior signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nílson Júnior commits to Maluku Utara United for another 2 years.

Squad

Ciro in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Maluku Utara United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Maluku Utara United come up short against Persija

Persija left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

França 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

Talks stall between Maluku Utara United and Nílson Júnior

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief