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Manahati Lestusen

Indonesian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ13534334 ↗
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Manahati Lestusen (born 17 December 1993 in Liang, South Buru) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Championship club PSMS Medan. A versatile defensive player, Lestusen has been deployed as a defensive midfielder, a centre-back and a right-back.

Personal life

Lestusen hails from Liang, South Buru and is the son of H. Muhabas Lestusen and Janiapari. He started playing football at the age of 13 and played every position on his school team. He is also a First Sergeant in the Army Military Police Corps (Indonesia).

International career

Lestusen won his first cap for Indonesia in a friendly match against Andorra on 26 March 2014, replacing Rizky Pellu after 46 minutes.

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The public source identifies “Manahati Lestusen” as indonesian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Manahati, Lestusen and Indonesian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-12-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Manahati, Lestusen and Indonesian providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13534334. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Manahati Lestusen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.