Two RI soccer players join Uruguay club

Uruguay soccer club Penarol signed a contract with two young Indonesian soccer players, Manahati Lestusen and Abdul Rahman Lestaluhu.

The two players previously played for the Sociedad Anonima Sportiva (SAD) team at the Uruguay junior competition.

“They will play for Penarol, just like Syamsir Alam, who used to play for the club,” of Pelita Jaya Kronos representative Adika Nuraga Bakrie said on Friday as quoted by tempo.co.

Pelita Jaya Kronos is the club in charge of the SAD Uruguay program.

Another Indonesian soccer player, Mochammad Zainal Haq, is still currently under contract with the team.

“I heard Penarol will extend its contract with Zainal,” said Adika.

Syamsir Alam would move to CS Vise, a second division club of the Belgian League owned by the Bakrie family.

“That means there will be four Indonesian players in Vise because the club had hired Yandi Sofyan, Alfin Tuassalamony and Yericho Christiantoko before recruiting Syamsir,” said Adika. (ira)