Egy Maulana Vikri


Egy Maulana Vikri is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Super League club Dewa United Banten and the Indonesia national team. In 2017, he was named as one of the 60 most talented and promising players born in 2000 by The Guardian.

Club career

Early career

Maulana Vikri comes from a family of footballers. His father coached at SSB Tasbi, a football school in Medan where Vikri began to play, while his older brother Yusrizal Muzakki has played for lower league teams in Indonesia. At SSB Tasbi, Maulana Vikri participated in the Grassroots Indonesian U-12 Tournament in 2012, when his talent was noticed by the Indonesian national talent scouts. At that time, Maulana Vikri helped his team to become the champions of that tournament and also ended up as the top scorer. After finishing primary school, he attended Special Sports School, a government secondary school for talented athletes in the Ragunan area of South Jakarta. In 2016, Maulana Vikri was part of an Indonesian youth team that became champions of the Gothia Cup in Sweden, with him being awarded the Best Player Award for scoring a total of 28 goals.
His talent attracted international media attention when he played for the Indonesia U-19 team that represented Asia in the Toulon Tournament for youth teams from 29 May to 10 June 2017. Although his team lost all of its group matches, Maulana Vikri won the Jouer Revelation Trophée for being the breakout player in the tournament, an award previously won by Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
In September 2017, Maulana Vikri became the top scorer of the 2017 AFF U-19 Youth Championship with eight goals for the Indonesia U-19 team.

Europe trials

Maulana Vikri went on trial to European clubs in 2018 – including Benfica, Sporting CP, Getafe CF, Espanyol, Legia Warsaw, Saint-Étienne, Ajax Amsterdam, and some Italian clubs.

Lechia Gdańsk

On 11 March 2018, Maulana Vikri officially joined Lechia Gdańsk on a three–year deal, joining the team on his 18th birthday. He was handed the number 10 shirt, triggering hype in Poland and Indonesia. The same year on 22 December, Maulana Vikri made his senior debut as a substitute in a league match against Górnik Zabrze. He played in the 2019 Polish Super Cup final against Piast Gliwice, coming on as a substitute in a match that Lechia won 3–1. On 30 June 2021, Maulana Vikri was announced to leave the club after three years following the expiration of his contract.

Senica

On 30 August 2021, Maulana Vikri completed a move to Slovakian club Senica on a six-month contract, with an option to extend further for one-and-a-half years. He made his league debut on 12 September at Štadión FK Senica, coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute with an assist in a 1–0 league victory against Pohronie. On 22 September, Vikri made his first start in a league cup game against TJ Nafta Gbely, as Senica won 3–0, with Maulana Vikri assisting the first goal. he scored his first goal on 27 November in a league match against MSK Zilina, which was postponed at half-time when the score was 1–1 due to heavy blizzard. Three days later, he scored another goal in the continuation match, as Senica drew 2–2. His performance led him to be awarded Fortuna Liga Team of The Week, and he was voted as the best AFC International Player of The Week.
In May 2022, Vikri terminated his contract with Senica due to the club's financial crisis. It was also reported that Senica had not paid player salaries.

Zlaté Moravce

On 9 August 2022, Vikri signed a one-year contract with another Slovak club Zlaté Moravce. On 13 August, he debuted as a substitute in a 1–0 league loss against Žilina. Despite coming on as a substitute, Vikri was sent off at the 83rd minute. On 20 August, two minutes after coming on as a 60th minute substitute, Vikri set up Tomáš Horák's goal in an eventual 2–2 draw against Ružomberok.

Dewa United

On 30 January 2023, Vikri returned to Indonesia, signing for Liga 1 club Dewa United permanently. Three days later, he made his league debut for the club while scoring his first league goal in a 1–1 draw against Madura United at the Indomilk Arena, Tangerang. Six days later, Vikri came as a starter with the first assists a winning goal as a substitute at the 12th minute for Majed Osman in Dewa United's 1–0 victory against Borneo Samarinda.

International career

Youth

In December 2014, Vikri debuted with his first goal for Indonesia U-16 in a friendly match against Vietnam U-16 one year before Indonesia's FIFA suspension in 2015. Weeks before the suspension, Egy scored two goals in a friendly match against Japan U-16 in April 2015.
On 31 May 2017, Vikri debuted for the Indonesia U-19 team in the 2017 Toulon Tournament against Brazil U20. His impressive performance at the tournament earned him the Breakthrough Player of the Tournament. He made his debut for the Indonesia U-23 in a friendly match against the Syria U-23 on 16 November 2017 where he came on as a substitute.

Senior

On 14 January 2018, Vikri debuted for the Indonesia national team in a friendly match against Iceland. He appeared as a second-half substitute, replacing Osvaldo Haay. On 25 May 2021, Vikri scored his first international goal in a friendly match in Dubai against Afghanistan.
On 11 October 2021, Vikri scored his competitive international goal against Chinese Taipei during the second leg of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round, which Indonesia won 3–0. On 25 December 2021, he made his debut in a 2020 AFF Championship and also scored against Singapore in the second leg of semi-final in a 4–2 victory after extra-time. He scored again against Thailand in the second leg of the final in a 2–2 draw, avoiding another loss to Thailand.

Personal life

Vikri has Dutch ancestry through his paternal grandfather who was born in the Dutch East Indies.
On 10 December 2023, Maulana Vikri married to Adiba Khanza Az-Zahra, daughter of late Indonesian Islamic preacher Jefri Al Buchori which was held at Hallf Pati Unus, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. Before carrying out their marriage, Adiba and Egy carried out Taaruf for 4 years.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 May 2021Jebel Ali Centre of Excellent, Dubai, United Arab Emirates21–32–3Friendly
211 October 2021Buriram Stadium, Buriram, Thailand81–03–02023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
325 December 2021National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore104–24–2 2020 AFF Championship
41 January 2022National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore122–22–22020 AFF Championship
523 December 2022Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia151–02–12022 AFF Championship
626 December 2022Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia163–07–02022 AFF Championship
78 September 2023Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia192–02–0Friendly
817 October 2023Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei212–06–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
921 March 2024Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia271–01–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk
Indonesia U19
Indonesia U23
Indonesia
Individual