Boaz Solossa

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Boaz Solossa
File:Boaz Solossa with Persipura 2015.jpg
Boaz playing for Persipura in 2015
Personal information
Full name Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa[1]
Date of birth (1986-03-16) 16 March 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth Sorong, Indonesia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Persipura Jayapura
Number 86
Youth career
1999–2000 PS Putra Yohan
2000–2001 Perseru Serui
2002–2004 Persipura Jayapura
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2021 Persipura Jayapura 305 (182)
2016 → Carsae (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2022 Borneo 22 (3)
2022–2023 PSS Sleman 10 (0)
2022 → Persipura Jayapura (loan) 0 (0)
2023–2024 Persewar Waropen 16 (8)
2024– Persipura Jayapura 28 (7)
International career
2003 Indonesia U17 7 (4)
2004 Indonesia U19 8 (2)
2005–2009 Indonesia U23 4 (1)
2004–2018 Indonesia 50 (13)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
AFF Championship
Runner-up 2004 Vietnam & Malaysia Team
Runner-up 2016 Myanmar & Philippines Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025

Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa (born 16 March 1986) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura. He is considered one of the greatest Indonesian players of all time.

Club career

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Early career

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Boaz began his junior career by playing at the amateur club PS Putra Yohan in 1999 to 2000. Then he moved to Perseru Serui from 2000 to 2001.

Boaz was summoned in the Papua PON Team to be competed in the 16th National Sports Week in Indonesia. At that time, he was only 17 years old. His talent finally came to Peter Withe, the coach of the Indonesian National Team at the time, and took him to the 2004 Tiger Cup when he was 18 years old.

Persipura Jayapura

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Boaz signed his first professional contract with Persipura Jayapura in 2005. Since then, he has emerged as the most influential player at the club and even served as captain of the team after the departure of Eduard Ivakdalam.

Until 10 August, Boaz scored 207 goals from 311 official matches with Persipura and made him the club's all-time top scorer along with various individual awards. In addition, he also brought Persipura to win the top division of Indonesia's professional football league four times in the 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013 seasons.

He has never strengthened other clubs in Indonesia other than Persipura despite being offered a higher salary from rival clubs. According to him, Persipura was like a second home for him and had become his extended family. But when Indonesia's professional football competition was halted due to FIFA sanctions from 2015 to 2016, he accepted an offer from Borneo FC to play in a non-official tournament because Persipura decided to temporarily disband. At the beginning of the 2018 season, he returned to play for Borneo FC only for the 2018 Presidential Cup pre-season tournament.

In July 2021, Boaz and teammate Yustinus Pae were released by Persipura, due to disciplinary issues.[3] Boaz has made 359 appearances and scored 225 goals in all competitions for Persipura.

Carsae

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In 2016, Boaz was loaned by Persipura for the first time in his career to play for Carsae in East Timor after the conditions of Indonesian football at that time were being vacuumed due to FIFA sanctions, joining fellow Indonesians Imanuel Wanggai and Oktovianus Maniani.[4] However, in April 2016 having only made four appearances Boaz along with Wanggai left the club by mutual consent to rejoin Persipura.[5]

Borneo

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After spending 16 years with Persipura, On 17 July 2021 Boaz joined Borneo on a 2-season deal.[6] On 10 September 2021, Boaz made his debut for Borneo on a league game against Persik Kediri coming on as a substitute in the 70th-minute, as his team lose 1–0. On 8 January 2022, Boaz scored his first goal for Borneo against Persik Kediri at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar.[7]

International career

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I broke my leg twice while playing for Indonesia, not Persipura

—Boaz after labeled of not being nationalistic[8]

The first time he appeared was dubbed the "prodigy", when he was brought by Peter Withe and performed a stunning performance in Ho Chi Minh City, when he performed with the Indonesian National Team in the 2004 Tiger Cup. Boaz's international debut was against Turkmenistan on 30 March 2004 for the 2006 World Cup qualification where Indonesia won 3–1 and Boaz made two assists for his teammate Ilham Jaya Kesuma. Boaz was considered to be a bright prospect in Indonesian football after performing brilliantly in the 2004 Tiger Cup, where Indonesia was defeated by Singapore in a home and away match, which resulted in an aggregate score of 5–2 to Singapore. In the group phase, Boaz managed to score 4 goals and along with Ilham Jayakesuma, who scored 7 goals, both led the top scorers chart.[citation needed]

He was injured after a tough tackle in a friendly match against Hong Kong, forcing him to miss the Asian Cup 2007 and disappear from football for 10 months.[9]

After another failure for the Indonesian national team to become a champion in the 2016 AFF Championship, Boaz announce his retirement from the national squad to give chance to other young players as well admitting he was "tired to see Indonesia without any trophy in the tournament". He congratulate Thailand for their fifth trophy and acknowledged that "Thai players and their performances are much better and still far from us to reach".[10] However, Boaz still disclosed his intention to retire, saying he wanted to discuss the matter with his family first while celebrating Christmas in his hometown of Sorong.[11][12]

Personal life

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File:Boaz Solossa in August 2021.jpg
Boaz Solossa in August 2021

Boaz was born into a well-known family in Western New Guinea. His uncle, Jaap Solossa, was the governor of the greater Papua province before he died in 2005. Football also runs in the blood of the Solossa clan as well, with Boaz being the youngest of five children who all went on to become professionals, like his brothers Ortizan and Nehemia. Boaz obtained a Bachelor of Economics at Cenderawasih University in 2013. He also works as civil servant.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 22 November 2025[13]
Club Season League Cup[a] Other Continental[b][c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Persipura Jayapura 2005 LIPD 16 7 2 2 – – 18 9
2006 LIPD 12 10 2 3 – – 14 13
2007–08 LIPD 19 13 4 5 – – 23 18
2008–09 ISL 31 28 7 7 – – 38 35
2009–10 ISL 28 17 9 8 1 2 5 0 43 27
2010–11 ISL 27 21 – – 8 5 35 26
2011–12 ISL 13 7 – – – 13 7
2013 ISL 32 25 – – – 32 25
2014 ISL 21 11 – – 10 6 31 17
2015 ISL 1 1 – – 6 5 7 6
2016 ISC A 22 11 – – – 22 11
2017 Liga 1 27 10 – – – 27 10
2018 Liga 1 27 11 – – – 27 11
2019 Liga 1 26 9 0 0 – – 26 9
2020 Liga 1 3 1 0 0 – – 3 1
2021–22 Liga 1 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Total 305 182 24 25 1 2 29 16 359 225
Carsae (loan) 2016 LFA 4 1 – – – 4 1
Borneo 2021–22 Liga 1 22 3 – – – 22 3
PSS Sleman 2022–23 Liga 1 10 0 0 0 – 0 0 10 0
Persipura Jayapura (loan) 2022–23 Liga 2 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Persewar Waropen 2023–24 Liga 2 16 8 0 0 – 0 0 16 8
Persipura Jayapura 2024–25 Liga 2 20 6 0 0 – 0 0 20 6
2025–26 Liga 2 8 1 0 0 – 0 0 8 1
Career total 385 201 24 25 1 2 29 16 439 244
  1. ^ Appearances in Piala Indonesia.
  2. ^ Appearances in AFC Cup.
  3. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League.

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Indonesia 2004 6 2
2005 2 1
2006 4 0
2007 1 0
2008 0 0
2009 3 0
2010 3 2
2011 4 0
2012 0 0
2013 7 2
2014 4 0
2015 2 0
2016 11 6
2017 2 0
2018 3 0
Total 50 13
As of match played 11 September 2018
Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Solossa goal.
List of international goals scored by Boaz Solossa
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 December 2004 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 3 File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 1–0 6–0 2004 Tiger Cup
2 11 December 2004 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 5 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2–0 3–0 2004 Tiger Cup
3 3 January 2005 Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4–1 4–1 2004 Tiger Cup
4 6 January 2010 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 17 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 1–1 1–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 8 October 2010 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 18 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1–0 1–7 Friendly
6 23 March 2013 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 24 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–2 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7 15 October 2013 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 27 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1–1 1–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8 6 September 2016 Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia 37 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1–0 3–0 Friendly
9 3–0
10 8 November 2016 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 40 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 1–0 2–3 Friendly
11 19 November 2016 Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines 41 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1–2 2–4 2016 AFF Championship
12 21 November 2016 Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines 42 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 2–1 2–2 2016 AFF Championship
13 3 December 2016 Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia 44 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2–1 2–1 2016 AFF Championship

Honours

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Persipura Jayapura

Indonesia

Individual

Record

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