Boaz Solossa

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Boaz Solossa
Personal information
Full name	Boaz Teufilus Erwin Solossa
Date of birth	March 16, 1986 (age 21)
Place of birth	Sorong, Indonesia
Height	169 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Persipura Jayapura
* Appearances (Goals)

Boaz Solossa (born in Papua) 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.

Boaz was born in the Solossa family, a well-known family in the province of Papua. His uncle, Jaap Solossa, was the governor of Papua before he died last year. 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 Solossa.

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 5 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.

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.