Sani Rizki

Central Midfielder - Arema
13 Jun 2027
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Marked for Sani Rizki

45 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 Jun 2027

A one-man rearguard from Lucas Frigeri

There were 9 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.

Squad7 Jun 2027

17 seasons of Dendi Santoso

331 appearances across 17 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Arema know what they have.

Match5 Jun 2027

The wait goes on for Arema

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market7 Jun 2027

Sani Rizki 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 The request is on a desk at Arema, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings7 Jun 2027

Gustavo França runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad7 Jun 2027

Words exchanged at Arema

Lucas Frigeri 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.

Squad7 Jun 2027

Luiz Gustavo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luiz Gustavo and Arema agree another 2 years.

Market7 Jun 2027

PSBS Biak join the queue for Dwiki Mardiyanto

Add another name to the list: PSBS Biak have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Dwiki Mardiyanto. The answer from Arema has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets7 Jun 2027

Door shut on Nick Homan

Arema asked and AZ said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief

  • Match A bad afternoon for Arema against Bali United
  • Boardroom 102% of the income goes out in wages at Arema
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
Back issues
36 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Apr 2027

Walisson Maia damages knee ligaments — 16 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings5 Apr 2027

Gustavo França beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 35. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Words exchanged at Arema

Lucas Frigeri 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.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Dalberto signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dalberto and Arema agree another 2 years.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Dalberto wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Arema know it.

Player ratings5 Apr 2027

One of those days for Dalberto

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match3 Apr 2027

No time for PSBS Biak to settle

The goal that put PSBS Biak ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Arema equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

Match3 Apr 2027

Honours even between Arema and PSBS Biak

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout5 Apr 2027

Sani Rizki 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.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Hansamu Yama gets picked when it counts
  • Looking ahead Adi Satryo faces his old club
17 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Nov 2026

Jayus Hariyono breaks a bone — 128 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 128 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Arema

Lucas Frigeri 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.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Lucas Frigeri 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Arema

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

The dugout23 Nov 2026

When it matters, Betinho plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Sani Rizki knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arema, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

11 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

The knee: Joel out for 24 days

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

Squad12 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Arema

Lucas Frigeri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Arema

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

Squad12 Oct 2026

Gabriel Silva wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Arema can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Sani Rizki 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.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

When it matters, Dalberto plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief