Boaz Solossa

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 38)
Place of birth	Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s)	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	7	(2)
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  Indonesia AFF Championship Runner-up 2004 Vietnam & Malaysia Team Runner-up 2016 Myanmar & Philippines Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2024

Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa (born 16 March 1986) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura.

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.

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.

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]

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]

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]

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.

As of 6 December 2024^[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	Laos	1–0	6–0	2004 Tiger Cup
2	11 December 2004	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	5	Vietnam	2–0	3–0	2004 Tiger Cup
3	3 January 2005	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7	Malaysia	4–1	4–1	2004 Tiger Cup
4	6 January 2010	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	17	Oman	1–1	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	8 October 2010	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	18	Uruguay	1–0	1–7	Friendly
6	23 March 2013	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	24	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–2	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7	15 October 2013	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	27	China	1–1	1–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8	6 September 2016	Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia	37	Malaysia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
9					3–0
10	8 November 2016	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	40	Vietnam	1–0	2–3	Friendly
11	19 November 2016	Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines	41	Thailand	1–2	2–4	2016 AFF Championship
12	21 November 2016	Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines	42	Philippines	2–1	2–2	2016 AFF Championship
13	3 December 2016	Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia	44	Vietnam	2–1	2–1	2016 AFF Championship

Persipura Jayapura

• Liga Indonesia Premier Division: 2005
• Indonesia Super League: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013
• Indonesian Community Shield: 2009^[14]
• Indonesian Inter Island Cup: 2011
• Indonesia Soccer Championship A: 2016^[15]

Indonesia

• Indonesian Independence Cup: 2008
• AFF Championship runner-up: 2004, 2016^[16]

Individual

• Indonesia Super League Top Goalscorer: 2008–09, 2010–11,^[17] 2013
• Indonesia Super League Best Player: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013
• Indonesia Soccer Championship A Best Player: 2016
• Indonesia Soccer Championship A Best XI: 2016
• AFF Championship Best XI : 2016^[18]
• ASEAN Football Federation Best XI: 2017
• Favourite Athlete : Anugerah Olahraga Indonesia (AORI) XXIX: 2017
• AFC Cup All-time XI: Wide midfielders^[19] (2021)

Record

• First Indonesian in list of FourFourTwo 50 Best Asian Football Player (2017)^[20][21]

• Boaz Solossa at National-Football-Teams.com