Mohamad Hardika Aji

After graduated, I started my career as Player Relation in the Indonesian Professional Footballers Association (APPI). Then, APPI underwent a transition period last year and trusted me to become the CEO. In my point of view, it seems immensely unfair that footballers have to play without being paid. We have seen our colleagues got hurt, injured, fell sick, and they were unable to pay the medical treatment. Even worse, some of them died and flown back to their hometowns. Meanwhile, conflicts keep on swirling in board of administrators, such as federation dualism, league operator dualism, even national team dualism, conflict between chairman of federation, league operator, and also conflict between federation and government. I got a lot of opportunities to be involved in international activities that I would not get from anywhere else. For instance, I had a chance to discuss sports law with the expert. It motivated me to develop myself in order to pursue my understanding in sports management and law in international level.