{{short description|Indonesian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Syaiful Cahya |fullname = Syaiful Indra Cahya |image = |height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/syaiful-indra-cahya_prs352070/person.shtml|title=Syaiful Indra Cahya|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|5|28}} |birth_place = Malang, East Java, Indonesia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe305918/syaiful-cahya/ |title=Syaiful Cahya: Profile |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> |currentclub = |clubnumber = |position = Centre-back, right-back |years1 = 2010–2011 |clubs1 = Persik Kediri |caps1 = 6 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2011–2012 |clubs2 = Jakarta FC 1928 |caps2 = 18 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2012–2013 |clubs3 = Persema Malang |caps3 = 21 |goals3 = 1 |years4 = 2013–2014 |clubs4 = Persik Kediri |caps4 = 15 |goals4 = 3 |years5 = 2014–2015 |clubs5 = Persija Jakarta |caps5 = 1 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2015 |clubs6 = Sriwijaya |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2016–2018 |clubs7 = Arema |caps7 = 62 |goals7 = 2 |years8 = 2018 |clubs8 = Bali United |caps8 = 9 |goals8 = 0 |years9 = 2019 |clubs9 = Semen Padang |caps9 = 4 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2019 |clubs10 = PSIM Yogyakarta |caps10 = 4 |goals10 = 1 |years11 = 2020 |clubs11 = Arema |caps11 = 2 |goals11 = 0 |years12 = 2021 |clubs12 = Muba Babel United |caps12 = 0 |goals12 = 0 |years13 = 2021 |clubs13 = PSG Pati |caps13 = 9 |goals13 = 1 |years14 = 2021 |clubs14 = PSMS Medan |caps14 = 3 |goals14 = 0 |years15 = 2022–2023 |clubs15 = Persipura Jayapura |caps15 = 5 |goals15 = 1 |years16 = 2023–2024 |clubs16 = Deltras |caps16 = 8 |goals16 = 0 |years17 = 2024–2025 |clubs17 = RANS Nusantara |caps17 = 19 |goals17 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 2012 |nationalteam1 = Indonesia U21 |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2012–2015 |nationalteam2 = Indonesia U23 |nationalcaps2 = 17 |nationalgoals2 = 1 |nationalyears3 = 2013–2014 |nationalteam3 = Indonesia |nationalcaps3 = 2 |nationalgoals3 = 0 |pcupdate = 25 February 2025 (UTC) |ntupdate = }} '''Syaiful Indra Cahya'''<ref>{{NFT player|id=51091|accessdate=}}</ref> (born 28 May 1992) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
== Club career == Cahya played for various clubs in the top two divisions of Indonesia, most prominently Persija Jakarta<ref>{{cite web|title=Persija Kontrak Jebolan Timnas U-16|url=http://www.bolanews.com/read/nasional/liga.indonesia/95899-persija.kontrak.jebolan.timnas.u16|access-date=2014-12-01|language=id|archive-date=2015-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105080135/http://www.bolanews.com/read/nasional/liga.indonesia/95899-persija.kontrak.jebolan.timnas.u16|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and Arema, as well as in the breakaway Liga Primer Indonesia, which later became known as the Indonesian Premier League.
In 2021, while playing for PSG Pati, Cahya seriously injured Persiraja Banda Aceh midfielder Muhammad Nadhif through a kung fu kick. The story of the incident reached as far as Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bola.net/indonesia/wadidaw-insiden-tendangan-kungfu-syaiful-indra-cahya-viral-hingga-ke-spanyol-8179f7.html|title=Wadidaw, Insiden Tendangan Kungfu Syaiful Indra Cahya Viral Hingga ke Spanyol|website=bola.net|date=2021-09-08|access-date=2023-03-30|language=id}}</ref>
== International career == Cahya represented Indonesia at the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy and the 2014 Asian Games. He made his senior international debut on 6 February 2013 in a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/02/06/asia/asian-cup-qualification/iraq/indonesia/1401835/|title=Iraq vs. Indonesia - 6 February 2013 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref>
=== International goals === Syaiful Indra Cahya: International under-23 goals {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- |1 ||12 July 2012 ||Riau Main Stadium, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia ||{{fbu|23|JPN}} ||1–2 ||1–5 ||2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification |}
== Honours == '''Arema''' * Indonesia President's Cup: 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bola.com/indonesia/read/2883881/arema-fc-juara-piala-presiden-2017|title=Arema FC Juara Piala Presiden 2017|website=bola.com}}</ref>
'''Indonesia U-21''' * Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy runner-up: 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thailand.prd.go.th/thailand/ewt_news.php?nid=192&filename=index|title=Brunei Darussalam wins HBT 2012|publisher=The Government Public Relations Department, Thailand|date=26 February 2012|access-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003213/http://thailand.prd.go.th/thailand/ewt_news.php?nid=192&filename=index|archive-date=7 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|syaiful-indra-cahya/284002}} * [https://ligaindonesiabaru.com/clubs/singleplayer/liga_1_2020/syaiful_indra_cahya Syaiful Cahya] at Liga Indonesia
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