Indonesian Football Player - Boaz Solossa

Boaz Theofilius Erwin Solossa(born
March 16, 1986) is an Indonesian footballer. His
brother, Ortizan, is also a footballer. Boaz
plays at Persipura while Ortizan plays at
Persija. They met in a match at the 2005 Liga
Indonesia final, where Persipura beat Persija
3-2.
Nevertheless, Boaz was unable to perform for
Persipura for almost 6 months due to an
incident where he and his Persipura teammates
assaulted a referee officiating one of Persipura
matches in the 2004-2005 season. During the
time he was out of action, many considered his
skills to drop and his prospect wasted. This
resulted in the Indonesian national team
manager Peter Withe crossing his name off the
team list from the national team in 2006. He
also has a bad reputation due to his alcoholism,
which also contributed to his decline in form
over the past year although Boaz stated that
he is trying his best to quit and gain back his
place in the Indonesian national team.He is
absent at the Asia Cup 2007 cause Szeto Man
Chun tackle that broken his legs in friendly
match against Hong Kong.
Family
Boaz was born in the Solossa family, a well-
known family in the province of West Papua.
His uncle, Jaap Solossa, was the governor of
Papua before he died in 2005. Boaz was born in
a footballing family as well, being the youngest
of five children. Almost all of them were
professionals, including his brother Ortizan and
Nehemia Solossa1.
International career
Boaz is 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. He is well-known for his
two-footedness, born as a left-footed but is
equally dangerous with his right.