Andik Vermansyah
Appearances.
Andik Vermansyah is an Indonesian footballer, who currently plays for Persebaya Surabaya in the Indonesian Premier League. The attacking midfielder is considered one of the greatest talents in football in Indonesia. He is considered as one of ten Asian players to watch in 2012 by ESPN Soccernet.
In 2008, Andik has a big role when bringing home gold medal for East Java at National Sports Week, which was held in Kalimantan.
Andik joined Persebaya after a successful trial he succeeded in the trial due to his immense potential and ability, after joining the club he continued working hard and impressed many with his pace and dribbling ability and eventually broke into Persebaya's 1st team. And at the age of 17, he was one of the youngest players in the squad at the time. He made his official debut for Persebaya on 29 August 2008, coming on in the 77th minute in a 2-0 victory against Persekabpas Pasuruan. On 7 September 2012, Vermansyah joined MLS side DC United on trial and played several times for their reserve team but didn't sign a contract with them and eventually returned to Persebaya.
Vermansyah was born in Jember, East Java, to Saman, a coolie, and Jumiah a tailor, both indigenous Javanese. Vermansyah spent his childhood selling ice as a means of earning money for his family. His parents, earning barely enough money for living expenditures, had little fund to help Vermansyah realize his dream as a footballer. At 1st Vermansyah wasn't allowed to pursue his footballing career due to his family's economic condition. However, a strongly motivated Vermansyah didn't gave up on his dream of becoming a professional footballer. He did everything he could to pursue his dream by all means and to fund his burgeoning career he had to sell cake and ice, even playing football for inter-village tournament, just to be able to buy a pair of football shoes. Vermansyah received his big break when the coach of SSB Suryanaga, Rudi, discovered his talents. Rudi offered Vermansyah to play at a football academy in Jember, free of charge.
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