Mursyid Effendi (born 23 April 1972) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Effendi played club football for Persebaya Surabaya and Persiku Kudus.[1]
He also earned a total of five caps for the Indonesia national team.[1]
Own goal
On 31 August 1998, while playing for Indonesia in a 1998 Tiger Cup group match against Thailand, Effendi deliberately scored an own goal to affect the outcome of the match; he was banned for life from international football by FIFA.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Mursyid Effendi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Bill Edgar (17 July 2006). "Hilarity and tragedy: curse of the own goal". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
- ^ Georgina Turner and Will Roberts (14 July 2004). "Was Zidane the first on-pitch puker?". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "The most bizarre goals". The Independent. London. 27 September 2010.
- ^ "First XI: Own goals - ESPN FC". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
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