Kurnia Meiga

Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah (born 7 May 1990)^[1] is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[2] He is also the younger brother of the late Achmad Kurniawan, who was also a goalkeeper for Arema, the club that Meiga spent most of his career with. He widely regarded as the greatest Arema player ever.

Kurnia Meiga

Personal information
Full name	Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah
Date of birth	(1990-05-07) 7 May 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
2006−2007	Diklat Ragunan
2006	→ Persindra Indramayu (loan)
2007−2008	Persijap Jepara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008−2017	Arema	280	(0)
International career
2007−2008	Indonesia U19	3	(0)
2008	Indonesia U21	3	(0)
2009−2013	Indonesia U23	23	(0)
2013−2017	Indonesia	20	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Indonesia Southeast Asian Games 2011 Jakarta & Palembang 2013 Naypyidaw Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang ASEAN Football Championship Runner-up 2010 Indonesia & Vietnam Runner-up 2016 Myanmar & Philippines
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

In 2008-09 Indonesia Super League he received 12 months of sanctions and Rp. 30 million fine from the Football Association of Indonesia, which was reduced later to five months and Rp. 30 million fine, related to the incident against Bontang.^[3] In 2009-2010, he was crowned as the best player to set aside the names like Aldo Barreto, Cristian Gonzáles, and Ricardo Salampessy.^[4]

In 2017 Liga 1 middle season, he had to go out of action from football due to being diagnosed with Papilledema.^[5]

International career

Meiga first called up for senior team in 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup as third choice goalkeeper behind Markus Haris Maulana and Ferry Rotinsulu. He received his senior debut against Saudi Arabia in 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification and he conceded 2 goals.^[6] Later he made his second caps against Netherlands he made some brilliant saves at first half before he conceded 3 goals by Siem de Jong twice and Arjen Robben.^[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Indonesia	2013	2	0
	2014	8	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	8	0
	2017	2	0
Total		20	0

Honours

Arema

• Indonesia Super League (1): 2009–10^[8]
• East Java Governor Cup (1): 2013
• Menpora Cup (1): 2013
• Indonesian Inter Island Cup (1): 2014/15^[9]
• Indonesia President's Cup (1): 2017

Indonesia U23

• Southeast Asian Games Silver Medal (2): 2011 and 2013
• Islamic Solidarity Games Silver Medal (1): 2013

Indonesia

• AFF Championship Runner-up (2): 2010 and 2016

Individual

• Indonesia Super League Best Player: 2009–10^[10]
• AFF Championship Best Goalkeeper: 2016
• AFF Championship Best XI : 2016^[11]
• ASEAN Football Federation Best XI: 2017