Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (born 13 July 1976) is a former professional football from Indonesia. Normally playing as a striker, Kurniawan has the fourth most caps and goals for the Indonesia national football team with 33 goals in 59 appearances. His nickname is "Kurus" (literally meaning "skinny") because he has a slender figure.[1] He is currently the assistant coach of Serie B side Como 1907, owned by Indonesian tobacco giant Djarum.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Magelang Regency, Indonesia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993 | PSSI Primavera | ||
| 1994 | Sampdoria Primavera | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | FC Luzern | 12 | (3) |
| 1995–1999 | Pelita Bakrie | 36 | (18) |
| 1999–2001 | PSM Makassar | 58 | (37) |
| 2001–2003 | PSPS Pekanbaru | 50 | (28) |
| 2003–2004 | Persebaya Surabaya | 28 | (14) |
| 2004–2005 | Persija Jakarta | 18 | (10) |
| 2005–2006 | Serawak | 31 | (29) |
| 2006–2007 | PSS Sleman | 16 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | Persitara Jakarta Utara | 32 | (14) |
| 2008–2009 | Persisam Putra Samarinda | 22 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Persela Lamongan | 24 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | Tangerang Wolves | 16 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Pro Duta | 27 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | Persipon Pontianak | 18 | (9) |
| Total | 406 | (200) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2005 | Indonesia | 59 | (33) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Indonesia (Assistant coach) | ||
| 2019 | Indonesia U-23 (Assistant coach) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Sabah | ||
| 2022– | Como 1907 (Assistant coach) | ||
| 2023– | Indonesia U-23 (Assistant coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Primavera years edit
Kurniawan became a household name in Indonesia when he went on a scoring spree for the Indonesian youth team that went to Italy in 1993 to train at Serie A club U.C. Sampdoria and play in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera, the league for youth teams of Serie A and Serie B clubs. The Indonesian football association PSSI sent the team abroad for two years to prepare for the 1994 AFC Youth Championship in Jakarta and the qualifying round for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Kurniawan was so prolific that Sampdoria's coach at that time, Sven-Göran Eriksson, included the 18-year old in the team that toured Asia in 1994, along with superstars Roberto Mancini and Attilio Lombardo who just won the 1993-94 Copa Italia title.[2][3]
FC Luzern edit
Kurniawan's performance in the Primavera league and with Sampdoria in exhibition matches caught the attention of other European clubs, including Swiss top-tier club FC Luzern that signed him on loan for the 1994–95 season. Kurniawan scored three goals in his 12 appearances for the Lucerne-based club, a respectable result for any teenager with no previous professional career. Kurniawan is the first and only Indonesian national who has scored in a top-flight European league. He was also the only Indonesian who competed and scored in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, which was abolished in 2008. Despite such achievements, young Kurniawan suffered homesickness, culture shock, and injuries in Switzerland.[4][5]
Sampdoria in 1995 called him back from the loan spell to prepare him for the 1995–96 season of Serie A but Kurniawan chose to return to Indonesia.[6]
Indonesian clubs edit
Kurniawan played for 12 teams in Indonesia after his 1995 return, winning the national title with PSM Makassar in 2000 and Persebaya Surabaya in 2004. He scored more than 170 goals for those teams combined. That said, his re-entry to Indonesia was not smooth as defenders brutally targeted the popular striker and the media hounded him as a celebrity. The rough transition during his early 20s led him to intentions of quitting football and a drug scandal that made PSSI suspended him from the national team. Criticism was rife against Kurniawan for his inability to match the quality he showed in Europe. He overcame the challenges and became more stable when he joined PSM in 1999 and won his first team trophy in 2000. He came second on the top scorer list that year below his perennial rival Bambang Pamungkas.[7][8][9]
Sarawak edit
Despite his popularity coming from his achievements in Europe and Indonesia, he was most prolific when he played in Malaysia for Sarawak FA in 2005–06 with 29 goals in 31 appearances. When he joined, Sarawak was playing in the Malaysian Premier League, the second-tier of Malaysian football. His goals helped the club to win promotion and compete in the 2006 Malaysian Super League.[10]
National team edit
Outside his dark years in the late 1990s, Kurniawan has always been the top choice for the youth and senior Indonesian national football teams from 1993 to 2005. With 33 goals in 59 appearances for the senior team, he has collected more caps and goals than any other Indonesian, except Bambang Pamungkas who also played in Malaysia when Kurniawan was there. His first three goals were scored against Cambodia in a 10–0 rout in the 1995 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.[11]
Career statistics edit
International edit
| Indonesia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1995 | 4 | 3 |
| 1996 | 6 | 4 |
| 1997 | 11 | 9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 5 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 59 | 33 |
International goals edit
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 December 1995 | Chiang Mai, Thailand |  Cambodia |
– | 10–0 | 1995 Southeast Asian Games |
| 2 | 6 December 1995 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Cambodia |
– | 10–0 | 1995 Southeast Asian Games |
| 3 | 6 December 1995 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Cambodia |
– | 10–0 | 1995 Southeast Asian Games |
| 4 | 2 September 1996 | National Stadium, Singapore, |  Laos |
3–0 | 5–1 | 1996 Tiger Cup |
| 5 | 7 September 1996 | National Stadium, Singapore, | Cambodia |
1–0 | 3–0 | 1996 Tiger Cup |
| 6 | 11 September 1996 | National Stadium, Singapore, |  Vietnam |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1996 Tiger Cup |
| 7 | 15 September 1996 | National Stadium, Singapore, | Vietnam |
1–2 | 2–3 | 1996 Tiger Cup |
| 8 | 14 September 1997 | Siliwangi Stadium, Bandung, Indonesia |  Tanzania |
2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 9 | 14 September 1997 | Siliwangi Stadium, Bandung, Indonesia | Tanzania |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 28 September 1997 | Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia |  New Zealand |
3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 28 September 1997 | Gelora 10 November Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia | New Zealand |
4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 5 October 1997 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Laos |
3–0 | 5–2 | 1997 Southeast Asian Games |
| 13 | 7 October 1997 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Vietnam |
2–1 | 2–2 | 1997 Southeast Asian Games |
| 14 | 9 October 1997 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Malaysia |
4–0 | 4–0 | 1997 Southeast Asian Games |
| 15 | 12 October 1997 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Philippines |
2–0 | 2–0 | 1997 Southeast Asian Games |
| 16 | 18 October 1997 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Thailand |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1997 Southeast Asian Games |
| 17 | 5 September 1998 | Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Thailand |
1–0 | 3–3 | 1998 Tiger Cup |
| 18 | 15 August 2000 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Thailand |
2–0 | 4–1 | 2000 Indonesian Independence Cup |
| 19 | 28 August 2000 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Myanmar |
– | 4–1 | 2000 Indonesian Independence Cup |
| 20 | 28 August 2000 | Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Myanmar |
– | 4–1 | 2000 Indonesian Independence Cup |
| 21 | 6 November 2000 | 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand | Philippines |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2000 Tiger Cup |
| 22 | 12 November 2000 | 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand | Myanmar |
4–0 | 5–0 | 2000 Tiger Cup |
| 23 | 12 November 2000 | 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand | Myanmar |
5–0 | 5–0 | 2000 Tiger Cup |
| 24 | 8 April 2001 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Maldives |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 25 | 22 April 2001 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Cambodia |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 26 | 6 May 2001 | Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives | Maldives |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 27 | 13 May 2001 | Kunming Tuodong Sports Center, Kunming, China PR |  China |
1–0 | 1–5 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 28 | 6 October 2003 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Bhutan |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 29 | 7 December 2004 | Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Laos |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2004 Tiger Cup |
| 30 | 13 December 2004 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | Cambodia |
6–0 | 8–0 | 2004 Tiger Cup |
| 31 | 13 December 2004 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | Cambodia |
7–0 | 8–0 | 2004 Tiger Cup |
| 32 | 28 December 2004 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | Malaysia |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2004 Tiger Cup |
| 33 | 3 January 2005 | National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia | Malaysia |
1–1 | 4–1 | 2004 Tiger Cup |
Coaching career edit
After Kurniawan retired as a player in late 2013, he chose to become a coach at the new Chelsea Soccer School Indonesia, which is supported by English Premier League club Chelsea F.C. despite approaches from Indonesian clubs. One reason was the position did not require him to stay in Indonesia for long stretches as he wanted to spend more time in Malaysia, where his Malaysian wife opens a restaurant business. The pressure of training an Indonesian professional team throughout most of the year would take him away for too long.[12]
After approaches by PSSI and national team coaches, Kurniawan agreed to be a part-time assistant coach for Indonesian youth teams, including the U-23 team that won silver at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.
Sabah FC edit
Newly promoted Malaysia Super League club Sabah FC became the first club that hired Kurniawan as a head coach in December 2019. The decision followed the inability of the previous coach Jelius Ating to lead a top-tier team due to his lack of AFC Pro coaching license, which Kurniawan holds.[13][14]
Kurniawan's first season at Sabah reaped mixed reviews from club decision-makers with some applauding the first-time head coach for keeping the team out of relegation while some criticizing him for only winning two out of 11 matches played in the shortened 2020 Malaysia Super League season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The latter group managed to push Kurniawan out in November 2020. However, a change of management leadership at the club led to a January 2021 rehiring of Kurniawan who was about to join Malaysia Premier League club Kuching City F.C. as an assistant coach.[15] On 28 August 2021, Sabah lost 4–0 against UiTM FC. Next days, Sabah announced that they had sacked Kurniawan.[16]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of 28 August 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Sabah FC | 19 December 2019 | 29 August 2021[17] | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 19.35 |
| Career total | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 19.35 | ||
Personal life edit
Kurniawan mostly resides in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia where his second wife opens a restaurant business that has several outlets. Kurniawan met her when he was playing for Sarawak FA in 2005, two years after his divorce from his first wife.[18]
Honours edit
PSM Makassar
Persebaya Surabaya
- Liga Indonesia Premier Division: 2004
Persija Jakarta
- Copa Indonesia runner-up: 2005
Persisam Putra Samarida
- Liga Indonesia Premier Division: 2008–09
Persela Lamongan
- Piala Gubernur Jatim: 2009
Indonesia
- Indonesian Independence Cup: Champions (1): 2000
- AFF Championship: Runners-up (2) : 2000, 2004
- Southeast Asian Games: Silver Medal (1): 1997
Individual
- Liga Indonesia Premier Division Top Goalscorer: 1997–98
References edit
- ^ "Kurniawan Dwi Julianto – Goals in International Matches".
- ^ "Primavera Dulu dan Sekarang: Pesepak Bola Indonesia Hasil Proyek Ambisius di Italia". 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Kiprah Alumnus PSSI Primavera di Klub Eropa, Kuniawan Dwi Yulianto Terdepan". 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Kisah 'Si Kurus', Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, dari Gol Hingga Maju ke Bursa Ketum". 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Stefan Hubber, Kiper yang Dipermalukan Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto di Swiss". 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Primavera Dulu dan Sekarang: Pesepak Bola Indonesia Hasil Proyek Ambisius di Italia".
- ^ "Jurus 'Si Kurus' Bangkit dari Depresi – Halaman 2".
- ^ "Pasang Surut Karier Kurniawan, Si Kurus Dari Magelang".
- ^ "Pahlawan PSM Ligina 2000, Juara 3 Kali dan Ingin Kembali ke Makassar, Sosok Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto". 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Alasan Sabah FA Kontrak Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto | Goal.com".
- ^ "Kurniawan Dwi Julianto – Goals in International Matches".
- ^ "Kurniawan Tertantang Latih Anak-anak di SSB Chelsea". 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Alasan Sabah FA Kontrak Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto | Goal.com".
- ^ "Promoted Sabah FA appoint Indonesian Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto as head coach | Goal.com".
- ^ "Kurniawan's back to help Rhinos charge ahead".
- ^ "Kalah Besar Berdepan UiTM, Kurniawan 'Direhatkan' Berkuatkuasa Serta-Merta". 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Kalah Besar Berdepan UiTM, Kurniawan 'Direhatkan' Berkuatkuasa Serta-Merta". 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Bisnis Restoran di Malaysia". 24 June 2013.
External links edit
- Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto at National-Football-Teams.com