The Maluku Utara United Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
The knee: Alan out for 147 days
147 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Lucas Cardoso wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Maluku Utara United can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Maluku Utara United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and França was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Badrian Ilham signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Badrian Ilham commits to Maluku Utara United for another 3 years.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Safrudin Tahar
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Safrudin Tahar, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
David da Silva goes back to face Persebaya
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is David da Silva’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Maluku Utara United needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Market Maluku Utara United put Muhammad Ridwan up for sale
- Looking ahead Maluku Utara United host Persebaya
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Ciro