Ricky Kambuaya

Ricky Richardo Kambuaya (born 5 May 1996), is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Liga 1 club Dewa United and the Indonesia national team.

Ricky Kambuaya

Kambuaya playing for Indonesia in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Ricky Richardo Kambuaya[1]
Date of birth	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia[2][3]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[4]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dewa United
Number	19
Youth career
2015	Pro Duta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	PS Mojokerto Putra	45	(16)
2018–2019	PSS Sleman	14	(0)
2020–2022	Persebaya Surabaya	20	(6)
2022–2023	Persib Bandung	22	(0)
2023–	Dewa United	51	(6)
International career‡
2022	Indonesia SEA Games (O.P.)	5	(0)
2021–	Indonesia	41	(5)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Indonesia Southeast Asian Games 2021 Vietnam Team AFF Championship Runner-up 2020 Singapore Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025

Club career

PS Mojokerto Putra

In 2017, Kambuaya signed a year contract with PS Mojokerto Putra. Kambuaya scored ten goals in the 2017 season, when PSMP played in the second division.^[5]

PSS Sleman

On 28 January 2019, Kambuaya signed a year contract with PSS Sleman along other players, Derry Rachman, Haris Tuharea, and Jajang Sukmara.^[6] Kambuaya made his league debut in a 3–1 win against Arema on 15 May as a substitute for Brian Ferreira in the 85th minute.^[7]

Persebaya Surabaya

On 2 January 2020, Kambuaya signed a year contract with Persebaya Surabaya.^[8] On 11 January 2020, Kambuaya start unofficial debut for Persebaya Surabaya on friendly match vs Persis Solo. And one month later, Kambuaya made his first league debut in a 1–1 draw against Persik Kediri on 29 February as a substitute for Hambali Tolib in the 48th minute.^[9] And a month later, This season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.^[10] On 4 September 2021, Kambuaya scored his first goal for Persebaya in a 3–1 loss over Borneo at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium.^[11]

Persib Bandung

Kambuaya was signed for Persib Bandung to play in Liga 1 in the 2022–23 season.^[12] He made his league debut on 7 August 2022 in a match against Borneo at the Segiri Stadium, Samarinda.^[13]

International career

In September 2021, Kambuaya was called up to the Indonesia national team for first time in 2 match against Chinese Taipei in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round by Shin Tae-yong.^[14] He made his official international debut on 7 October 2021, against Chinese Taipei in a 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification Play-off Round match.^[15] 4 days later, he made first international goal against Chinese Taipei in a 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification Play-off Round leg 2, in which Indonesia won 3–0.^[16] In his next appearance on 25 November 2021, Kambuaya scored opening goal in a win 4–1 over Myanmar.^[17] In December 2021, Kambuaya was named in Indonesia's squad for the 2020 AFF Championship.^[18] In the second leg final against Thailand on 1 January 2022, he scored Indonesia's opening goal in the first half, although the match ended in a 2–2 draw with Changsuek team, 6–2 aggregate score and Thailand became champions, However, what was interesting in the match was the figure of Kambuaya, he managed to become the Man of the match.^[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 April 2025^[20]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PS Mojokerto Putra	2017	Liga 2	19	8	0	0	–		0	0	19	8
	2018	Liga 2	26	8	0	0	–		0	0	26	8
	Total		45	16	0	0	–		0	0	45	16
PSS Sleman	2019	Liga 1	14	0	1	0	–		3[b]	0	18	0
Persebaya Surabaya	2020	Liga 1	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
	2021–22	Liga 1	18	6	0	0	–		5[c]	0	23	6
	Total		20	6	0	0	–		5	0	25	6
Persib Bandung	2022–23	Liga 1	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	0
Dewa United	2023–24	Liga 1	29	4	0	0	–		0	0	29	4
	2024–25	Liga 1	22	2	0	0	–		0	0	22	2
Career total			152	28	1	0	0	0	9	0	162	28

1. Includes Piala Indonesia
2. Appearances in Indonesia President's Cup
3. Appearances in Menpora Cup

International

As of match played 25 March 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Indonesia	2021	11	2
	2022	10	3
	2023	11	0
	2024	8	0
	2025	1	0
Total		41	5

As of match played 10 September 2024

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kambuaya goal.

List of international goals scored by Ricky Kambuaya

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2021	Buriram Stadium, Buriram, Thailand	2	Chinese Taipei	2–0	3–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	25 November 2021	Emirhan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	4	Myanmar	1–0	4–1	Friendly
3	1 January 2022	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	12	Thailand	1–0	2–2	2020 AFF Championship final
4	27 January 2022	Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	13	Timor-Leste	1–1	4–1	Friendly
5	30 January 2022	Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	14	Timor-Leste	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Persebaya Surabaya

• East Java Governor Cup: 2020^[21]

International

Indonesia

• AFF Championship runner-up: 2020^[22]

Indonesia SEA Games

• Southeast Asian Games Bronze medal: 2021^[23]

Individual

• 2020 AFF Championship: Team of the Tournament^[24]