Rio Fahmi

Ilham Rio Fahmi (born 6 October 2001) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta.

Persija Jakarta
Fahmi is one of the young players promoted from the Persija Jakarta youth team. Fahmi made his first-team debut on 12 September 2021 as a substitute in a match against PSIS Semarang at the Indomilk Arena, Tangerang. In a match against Madura United on 22 October, he played the full 90 minutes for the first time in a 2–3 win in gameweek 8. Eight days later, Fahmi provided an assist for Alfriyanto Nico in a 2–2 draw over Persik Kediri.

On 26 January 2022, he scored his first league goal in a 1–2 victory against Persita Tangerang. Throughout the season, he was used a first choice right-back behind Marco Motta, finishing the season with 26 league appearance, scored one goal, and two assists.

On 3 January 2022, Fahmi extended his contract with the club for three half years, it was announced by Persija through the club's official Instagram account. In the following season, Fahmi became a starter in the pre-season tournament 2022 Indonesia President's Cup on 25 June 2022, where he scored his first goal for Persija in a 1–2 loss to Borneo Samarinda.

On 3 February 2023, he scored his first goal of the season in a 3–1 home win over RANS Nusantara. On 22 February, Fahmi provided an assist of the season for Hansamu Yama in a 2–1 home win over PS Barito Putera. On 15 April, Fahmi provided another assist for Michael Krmenčík in the last match of 2022–23 Liga 1 against PSS Sleman. The game ended in a 5–0 victory for Persija.

International career
Rio was part of the Indonesia under-23 team that won bronze at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam.

Club

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International goals
International under-23 goals

International
Indonesia U-23
 * Southeast Asian Games 🥉 Bronze medal: 2021
 * Southeast Asian Games 🥇 Gold medal: 2023

Individual

 * Liga 1 Best Young Player: 2022–23
 * Liga 1 Team of the Season: 2022–23