Firza Andika

Firza Andika (born 11 May 1999) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and midfielder for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta.

Early career
Firza started his football training at the age of nine at the Tasbi soccer school in his hometown of Medan in North Sumatra province. Before he graduated from high school, he moved to West Sumatra province to train at Semen Padang F.C.'s academy when the club was still playing in the top-tier of Indonesian football. He received his first call to the Indonesia national under-19 football team selection while he was here.

PSMS Medan
Firza chose to return to his hometown upon his entry to professional football and joined Liga 1 club PSMS Medan in January 2018.

He made his first-team debut for PSMS Medan when he was part of the starting lineup of a 2018 Liga 1 match against Persija Jakarta on 6 April 2018, in which PSMS won. However, he failed to help prevent his club from being relegated to Liga 2 at the end of the 2018 Liga 1 season.

AFC Tubize
In November 2018, Firza flew to Europe to trial with Belgian lower-league club AFC Tubize and Spanish Tercera Division club UD Alzira. In January 2019, Firza Andika signed a two-year contract for AFC Tubize with the condition he would join in March 2019 after the 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship. However, upon his return he was embroiled in a salary dispute there and failed to play a single game for the club. As a solution, he was loaned to Liga 1 PSM Makassar for the remainder of the 2019 Liga 1 season.

PSM Makassar (loan)
Firza extended his stay at PSM Makassar on loan for the 2020 Liga 1 season.

Firza made his debut on 1 September 2019 as a substitute in a match against Persela Lamongan. Despite the competition being canceled after three matchdays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not return to Tubize.

Persikabo 1973
At the end of his problematic contract with Tubize, Firza in early 2021 joined Liga 1 club Persikabo 1973, which is supported by the Indonesian military. At the same time, Firza enrolled himself into the Indonesian Air Force. Firza made his debut on 3 September 2021 as a substitute in a match against Madura United. On 17 October, Firza scored his first goal for Persikabo in a 3–0 victory over Borneo Samarinda at the Sultan Agung Stadium. He contributed with 28 appearances, 1 goals and 3 assists during with Persikabo 1973 for one season.

Persija Jakarta
Firza was signed for Persija Jakarta to play in Liga 1 in the 2021–22 season. He made his league debut on 23 July 2022 in a match against Bali United at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar. On 6 December, Firza scored his first goal for Persija in a 1–0 victory over Borneo Samarinda at the Sultan Agung Stadium.

International career
On 31 May 2017, Firza debuted for the Indonesia U-19 team in a match against Brazil U20 in the 2017 Toulon Tournament in France. Firza was also one of the players who strengthened the Indonesia U19 team in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship. He was part of the Indonesia team that won silver in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.

Firza received his first call up to the senior Indonesia national football team in May 2021. He earned his first senior cap in a 25 May 2021 friendly match in Dubai against Afghanistan.

International
Indonesia U-19 Indonesia U-23
 * AFF U-19 Youth Championship third place: 2017, 2018
 * AFF U-22 Youth Championship: 2019
 * Southeast Asian Games 🥈 Silver medal: 2019
 * Southeast Asian Games 🥉 Bronze medal: 2021