Kurnia Sandy

Kurnia Sandy (born 24 August 1975) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1]

Kurnia Sandy

Personal information
Full name	Kurnia Sandy
Date of birth	(1975-08-24) 24 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Semarang, Indonesia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Indonesia U17 (GK coach)
Youth career
1993	PSSI Primavera
1994	Sampdoria Primavera
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1996	Pelita Jaya	18	(0)
1996–1997	Sampdoria	0	(0)
1997–2000	Pelita Jaya	50	(0)
2000–2001	Persikabo Bogor	28	(0)
2001–2003	PSM Makassar	30	(0)
2003–2006	Arema Malang	76	(0)
2006–2008	Persik Kediri	45	(0)
2008–2009	Persebaya Surabaya	18	(0)
2009–2010	Mitra Kukar	19	(0)
2010–2011	Bandung	12	(0)
Total		298	(0)
International career
1995–1998	Indonesia	24	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2015	Frenz United (goalkeeper coach)
2016–2017	T-Team (goalkeeper coach)
2018	Sriwijaya (goalkeeper coach)
2018	Indonesia (goalkeeper coach)
2019–2021	Madura United (goalkeeper coach)
2021–2023	Indonesia (Women's) (goalkeeper coach)
2023	Indonesia U23 (goalkeeper coach)
2025–	PSPS Pekanbaru (goalkeeper coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Sandy played at Sampdoria's primavera (youth) team with Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Bima Sakti; unlike his teammates, Kurnia succeeded to break into the first team and became the fourth-choice goalkeeper for one season under coach Sven-Göran Eriksson.^[2] At one time when Sampdoria's first-choice goalkeeper Fabrizio Ferron was red-carded, Sampdoria attempted to promote Sandy into the first team as a backup for Matteo Sereni, but apparently, his management had yet to process Sandy's permit-related papers. Thus Sampdoria's entry was denied by the FIGC.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Sandy made a memorable performance during 1996 Asian Cup, where he denied at least six clear chance during the game against Kuwait, before rough contact against a Kuwaiti player injured him; the game eventually ended 2–2.^{[citation needed]} Sandy's injury forced him to sit out the rest of the tournament.^{[citation needed]} Due to second-choice goalkeeper Hendro Kartiko's fine performances, and Sandy's apparent dip in performance in the local league after his injury, Sandy lost the spot as first-choice goalkeeper for the national team.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Arema Malang

• First Division: 2004
• Copa Indonesia: 2005, 2006

Indonesia

• Southeast Asian Games Silver Medal: 1997