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KOMPAS.com – Name Kelana Noah Mahesa and Luah Fynn Jeremy Mahesa steal the attention of Indonesian football fans ahead of a trial match U19 national team Indonesia vs Hajduk Split, Tuesday (20/10/2020).
Before playing the match against Hajduk Split, Shin Tae-yong as the coach of the U19 national team, invited the Indonesian-German brothers to join in training center (TC) Young Garuda in Croatia.
Kelana Mahesa and Luah Mahesa have been training with Witan Sulaeman et al since Monday (19/10/2020).
Even though he had just joined, Shin Tae-yong dared to play Kelana and Luah in the match against Hajduk Split.
Kelana started the match 4-0 to win Indonesian U19 national team while Luah was sent down in the 64th minute to replace Irfan Jauhari.
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Kelana and Luah are currently working in the German League with the Bonner SC club.
The club, which is headquartered at the Sportpark Nord Stadium, Bonn, competes in the Regionalliga West or the fourth level of the German League.
Kelana Mahesa, who was born on January 30, 2001, is currently a member of the Bonner SC main team. Previously, the 182 cm tall player played for the youth team FC Koeln and Viktoria Koeln.
Last August, together with Luah, Kelana took part in a trial at Persela Lamongan. However, they have not matched with Persela and then returned to Germany.
In 2020, Kelana was promoted to the Bonner SC main team.
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Kelana is a versatile midfielder. He can play as an attacking midfielder or defensive midfielder.
In the test match against Hajduk Split, Shin Tae-yong played Kelana as the Garuda Muda midfield double axis with Beckham Putra Nugraha.
Meanwhile, Luah Fynn Jeremy Mahesa who is Kelana’s younger brother is currently listed as a Bonner SC U19 player. Previously, he played for DJK Sudwest Koeln.
Just like her sister, Luah who was born on July 30, 2002 also holds a position as a midfielder.
After the test match against Hajduk Split, Shin Tae-yong mentioned Kelana Mahesa and Luah Mahesa showed a pretty good game.
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“The players showed great performance in today’s match,” Shin Tae-yong was quoted as saying on the official PSSI website.
“For the two new players, Kelana Mahesa and Luah Mahesa, I think they play pretty well, especially Kelana,” praised Shin Tae-yong.
With the presence of Kelana Mahesa and Luah Mahesa, there are now six Indonesian U19 national team players grazing in Europe.
Previously, the U19 national team already had Jack Brown (Lincoln City FC U18), Elkan Baggott (Ipswich Town U18), Witan Sulaeman (FK Radnik Surdulica), and Khairul Zakiri (Gymnastica Cueta).
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