Stefano Lilipaly

Stefano Jantje Lilipaly (born 10 January 1990) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Borneo Samarinda.

Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Indonesia national team.

Lilipaly played for Dutch amateur side RKSV DCG for three years before joining Eredivisie club AZ's academy in 2000.

He moved to Utrecht the following year and progressed through their youth system.

Lilipaly made his first team debut for Utrecht in a league game at VVV-Venlo in August 2011, and his first appearance in the starting eleven came in January 2012, where he scored the opening goal against PSV.

He played five times for Utrecht before joining Eerste Divisie club Almere City on a free transfer in the summer of 2012.

On 21 May 2012, Lilipaly joined Eerste Divise club Almere City on a two-year contract.

during the 2012–13 season, Lilipaly helped his team finish 13th in the league with 22 appearances and 2 goals.

He left the club at March 2014.

On 23 March 2014, Lilipaly signed for Japanese J2 League club, Consadole Sapporo.

But with his new club, Lilipaly didn't make a single appearance, then he went back to the Netherlands.

He was signed for Telstar to play in the Eerste Divisie.

Lilipaly made his debut on 28 August 2015 in a match against Emmen, and Lilipaly scored his first goal for Telstar in the 68th minute against Emmen at the BUKO Stadium.

and he made his debut as late substitute against FC Utrecht in 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

In January 2017 he joined and signed a contract with Cambuur.

He made his first goal against Helmond Sport, 3 February 2017.

At this match Lilipaly made 2 assists at 3–0 won against Helmond Sports.

He left the club at August 2017 and move to Indonesia.

On 12 August 2017, he signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Bali United to play in 2017 Liga 1.

On 13 August 2017, Lilipaly made his league debut for the club in a match against Madura United, coming on as a substitute for I Made Andhika Wijaya in the 78th minute.

On 8 October 2017, Lilipaly made his first goal for the club with scored a brace in Liga 1, earning them a 6–1 win over Arema.

On 16 October 2017, he scored in a 3–2 away lose over Persiba Balikpapan.

On 6 November 2017, Lilipaly scored the only goal in the 95th minute, and it was the winner against PSM Makassar.

He finished his first season in 2017 with 4 goals in 15 games.

On 27 February 2018, he made his Asian debut for the club, coming on as a starter in a 2018 AFC Cup match against Philippines club Global in a 1–1 away draw.

On 7 March 2018, Lilipaly scored his first AFC Cup goal for Bali United in the 74th minute of a 3–1 win against V.League 1 club Thanh Hóa.

The goal he made was named the best goal in the third week of the 2018 AFC Cup, in a vote conducted by the Asian Football Confederation, Lilipaly's goal received the support of 31.446 voters or 83% of the vote.

On 24 March 2018, Lilipaly scored his first goal of the 2018 season, the opening goal against PSMS Medan in a 1–0 win in the Liga 1.

He scored his second league goal for the club on 22 April 2018, opening the scoring in a 2–0 win against PS Barito Putera with a lob over goalkeeper Aditya Harlan.

His form in May saw him score three further goals in loses against Sriwijaya (3–4), Mitra Kukar (3–1), and wins against Arema (1–0).

Lilipaly finished the season with 12 goals in 22 games.

On 18 April, he scored a brace for Bali United beat Persija Jakarta 2–1 in the first leg of 2018–19 Piala Indonesia quarter-final.

On 13 April 2019, Lilipaly scored his first goal of the 2019 season for Bali United in a friendly match against Liga Futebol Timor-Leste club Boavista, which ended in a 4–1 win.

On 26 July, Lilipaly scored his first league goal of the 2019 season, the opening goal against Persib Bandung in a 0–2 away win in the Liga 1.

On 15 August, he scored another brace for Bali United in a 1–2 away win against TIRA-Persikabo, with the away win, Bali United is now in first place by collecting 31 points from 13 matches that have been played.

Lilipaly scored in second half and give assists a opening goal by Melvin Platje in Bali United's 2–2 draw over Persipura Jayapura on 11 November.

Lilipaly scored in second half and give another assists a goal by Ilija Spasojević in Bali United's 3–2 win over Persib Bandung on 28 November.

He had a good season in this season with 30 appearances and 5 goals, while helping Bali United win the championship Liga 1 this season.

On 2 December 2019, Bali United won the championship for the first time in their history, becoming the seventh club to win the Liga 1 after second placed Borneo draw to PSM, followed by a win in Semen Padang, giving Bali United a 17-point lead with only four games left.

On 14 January 2020, Lilipaly scored his first goal of the 2020 season for Bali United in a 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs against five-time Singapore Premier League champions, Tampines Rovers, Lilipaly and the other new signing Sidik Saimima ensured a 5–3 win and Bali United through to preliminary round 2.