Muhammad Markus Haris Maulana (born as Markus Horison Ririhina; 14 March 1981) is an Indonesian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is now the goalkeeper coach for the Indonesia U16 national team. He made 37 appearances for the Indonesia national team.
Maulana was born in Pangkalan Brandan, North Sumatra.
After five years playing for PSMS Medan, Maulana decided to move to Persik Kediri in 2008 but in the mid-season of 2008âÂÂ09, he went back to his former club.
In the 2009âÂÂ10 season of Indonesia Super League, Maulana played for Arema Malang. He also played for Persib Bandung after making his debut for the club on 21 February 2010 with 2âÂÂ0 against Persisam Putra Samarinda as a substitute on the farewell match of Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool.
Maulana's debut in the Indonesia national team came in a friendly match against Hongkong on 1 June 2007, which Indonesia won 3âÂÂ0. He played once in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, in Indonesia's 1âÂÂ0 loss against South Korea on 18 July 2007. He participated in PON 2000 in East Java and PON 2004 in Sumatera Selatan.
In 2018, following his retirement as a player, Maulana became goalkeeping coach at Aceh United.
Maulana changed his name in August 2009 after converting to Islam. He was married to famous actress in November 2010. However, the marriage did not last long; Maulana filed for divorce in 2012 and they were legally divorced in June 2013.
Ahead of the upcoming 2024 elections, he is preparing himself to enter politics and has joined the PDI-P party. Currently Markus has become a cadre and is registered with the Bandung PDIP party management, he is even ready to compete for the seat of Bandung DPRD (Regional House of Representatives) member from electoral district 6 of Bandung.
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