Background
Bachdim was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a former Indonesian football player of Arab Indonesian descent, Noval Bachdim and Dutch mother, Hester van Dijk.
Actor association football player
Bachdim was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a former Indonesian football player of Arab Indonesian descent, Noval Bachdim and Dutch mother, Hester van Dijk.
Early career
He started his career in Ajax along with Mitchell Donald, Jeffrey Sarpong, Christian Supusepa and Ryan Babel, but moved to Hoofdklasse side SV Argon after 3 years. He became the top scorer in the league, despite his position as a midfielder. Football Club Utrecht
Football Club Utrecht scouted him and brought him to Football Club Utrecht.
He was the first choice for the Football Club Utrecht junior team and sometimes played for the reserve team
He made his debut for Football Club Utrecht in Eredivisie on 17 February 2008, playing 90 minutes against VVV-Venlo. When the Indonesia U-23 had a training camp in the Netherlands, Irfan played a number times for the team, but he was injured a week before going to the 2006 Asian Games.
HFC Haarlem
On July 2009 he signed for HFC Haarlem in a free transfer deal. On March 2010 he had trials for Persib Bandung and Persija Jakarta but neither club signed him.
Persema Malang
Bachdim desire to play in Indonesia was finally realized when he joined the club Persema Malang with Timo Scheunemann as his coach at that time.
The contract was signed on 9 August 2010. His performance in his first game for the Indonesia national team made him well known among the Indonesian public. Chonburi Football Club
Bachdim gave a trial at Thailand club BEC Tero Sasana where he was able to give an average performance, then he was not selected by team
Later he was signed by another Thailand club Chonburi on a 2 years contract.
In early December 2013 J-League clubs Vegalta Sendai and Ventforet Kofu trialed Irfan Bachdim for 2 weeks. He said that if he did not get a contract with these clubs, he would go back to Chonburi to prove himself to the new manager.
Ventforet Kofu
Bachdim announced on Monday, January 27, 2014 that he had officially joined J. League first-division side Ventforet Kofu. According to Ventforet, the club thought highly of the forward’s potential during a tryout held by the J. League Players Association.
His fast playing style caught the club’s eye even though he wasn’t in top physical condition at the time.
Ventforet general manager Satoru Sakuma said Bachdim will be the J. League’s first Indonesian player and his contract will run through the end of the 2014 season. Consadole Sapporo
Japanese media on Monday, December 22, 2014 published that Consadole Sapporo has signed the Indonesia international Irfan Bachdim from Ventforet Kofu. The introduction of Irfan Bachdim as one of six new players of the club was presented on January 20, 2015.
After replacing Brazilian teammate Nildo on the right wing, Irfan drew cheers from the crowd when he streaked up the sideline and sent a well-placed cross in his first play.