Kurnia Sandy

Kurnia Sandy
Personal information
Full name	Kurnia Sandy
Date of birth	24 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Semarang, Indonesia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Indonesia U17 (GK coach)
Youth career
1993	PSSI Primavera
1994	Sampdoria Primavera
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Pelita Jaya
1996–1997	Sampdoria
1997–2000	Pelita Jaya
2000–2001	Persikabo Bogor
2001–2003	PSM Makassar
2003–2006	Arema Malang
2006–2008	Persik Kediri
2008–2009	Persebaya Surabaya
2009–2010	Mitra Kukar
2010–2011	Bandung
Total
International career
1995–1998	Indonesia
Managerial career
2013–2015	Frenz United (goalkeeper coach)
2016–2017	T-Team (goalkeeper coach)
2018	Sriwijaya (goalkeeper coach)
2018	Indonesia (goalkeeper coach)
2019–2021	Madura United (goalkeeper coach)
2021–2023	Indonesia (Women's) (goalkeeper coach)
2023	Indonesia U23 (goalkeeper coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kurnia Sandy (born 24 August 1975) is an Indonesian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1]

Club career

Sandy played at Sampdoria's primavera (youth) team with Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Bima Sakti; unlike his teammates, Kurnia succeeded to break into the first team and became the fourth-choice goalkeeper for one season under coach Sven-Göran Eriksson.^[2] At one time when Sampdoria's first-choice goalkeeper Fabrizio Ferron was red-carded, Sampdoria attempted to promote Sandy into the first team as a backup for Matteo Sereni, but apparently, his management had yet to process Sandy's permit-related papers. Thus Sampdoria's entry was denied by the FIGC.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Sandy made a memorable performance during 1996 Asian Cup, where he denied at least six clear chance during the game against Kuwait, before rough contact against a Kuwaiti player injured him; the game eventually ended 2–2.^{[citation needed]} Sandy's injury forced him to sit out the rest of the tournament.^{[citation needed]} Due to second-choice goalkeeper Hendro Kartiko's fine performances, and Sandy's apparent dip in performance in the local league after his injury, Sandy lost the spot as first-choice goalkeeper for the national team.^{[citation needed]}