Suara.com – A footballer from Cameroon, Abanda Herman, recorded a heartwarming story when he decided to become a convert to Islam or a convert.
Abanda Herman is indeed one of the foreign footballers who made his way into Indonesian football and eventually received guidance and decided to become a convert.
For information, the player who was born on February 20, 1984 started his career in Indonesia when he joined PSM Makassar in 2004-2005. After that, he moved to Persija Jakarta in 2006.
Together with Persija Jakarta, Abanda Herman is one of the super-solid center backs and is very reliable for the Kemayoran Tigers in the Indonesian Super League. He is a duet with Baihakki Khaizan, a tough defender from Singapore.
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After four career seasons with the Capital team, Abanda Herman finally joined Persema Malang in 2010. Only after that, he joined Persib Bandung, to be precise in mid-2011.
While playing with Persib Bandung, Abanda Herman received guidance until he finally decided to become a convert to Islam.
The first moment for Abanda Herman to become a convert occurred on April 18 2013. He legally became a Muslim after reciting two sentences of the shahada at the Nurul Iman Mosque, Babakansari, Bandung.
Not only that, this footballer whose stature reached 192 cm later changed his name to Ahmad Abanda Herman after converting to Islam.
At that time, he admitted that he found peace when he witnessed his team-mates at Persib Bandung holding congregational prayers. Because of that, he decided to embrace Islam.
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When reading the two sentences of the creed, Abanda Herman was also accompanied by the then Persib Bandung coach, Djadjang Nurdjaman.
In fact, several Blue Prince team players were also present, such as Maman Abdurrahman to Airlangga Sucipto.
Unfortunately, after that Abanda Herman had to end his work with Maung Bandung. Because, there was a squad reshuffle carried out by Persib Bandung. He finally decided to join PS Barito Putera in 2013.
(Muh Faiz Alfarizie)
