Firman

Firman is a minor main character and the defender of Team Golden Eagle. He maybe the weakest, but he is protective of his friends.

Appearance
Firman has a very dark skin and curly hair typical of African and east Indonesian people. He grew moustaches and his hair becoming more afro in later seasons. Firman is the among the shortest player of Team Golden Eagle. Only Bruceli and Soleh is shorter than him.

Personality
Firman is a protective person, and he cares about others. He can be cocky and big-headed sometimes, usually when he is showing his new skill or insulting opponents. Firman always shout his technique name with a loud voice, which shows his high confidence. However Firman can be quite timid sometimes. He often getting nervous before a match. Firman tend to run away instead of intercepting when an opponent attack him outside match. Same happens when Syafe'i try to scold him for playing with Madun. But he still loyal and kind to his friends.

Firman seem to be very knowledgeable of information of other team. This might be a result from his habit of peeking another team's training.

Story
Firman is the minor member of Team Golden Eagle who debuted in episode 2. He sometimes seen becoming a substitute goalkeeper, replacing Bruceli. Firman lived with his father Hamid, who has divorced from his wife since Firman was little. Firman doesn't recognize his mother at first since they never meet for a long time. Firman's mother married with a wealthy man, and live in other city.

During Mayor Cup, Firman claims to invent his new technique the Random Kick. He challenges Asep, Rizal, and Team Capoeira just to show the technique, but always failed. Before the second match against Pondok Kurma, Firman's mother came to the village to persuade Firman to live with her who is economically more capable than Hamid, but Firman refused. In episode 41, a debt collector came asking Hamid to pay his debt, Firman protected his father by using Second Random Kick against the collector. Firman skipped school the following day by staying on his homefront just to further protect his father. Hamid get stabbed by a debt collector some days after, which motivates Firman to play football to pay his father's treatment.

At a time, Firman's ankle was hurt and he can't face up against Reog Team. After cured, he is seen training Black Skin Team and was first thought to go out of Madun's team, but the perception was false. Firman is proved to be the weakest, but he is very protective and cares about his friends.

Jack
Firman has an ever-growing relationship with Jack, since they resembles each other. It is possible that Jack is Firman's best friend, since they are together most of the time. Firman is also the one who helped Jack escape, when it was first revealed that Jack is forcibly asked to do criminal things by Jono.

Firman's Mother
Firman has a disliking for his mother. Then when Firman severely suffered from his injuries, his mother is about to bring Firman to Surabaya, but Firman declines as he say he want to stay with his father. At one instance, Firman ever saves his mother, whom he dislikes, from two enraged youths that want to take Firman's mother's purse, because Firman's mother's car crashed to the one of the youths. However, after saving his mother, Firman doesn't end his disliking to his mother.

Firman has a better relationship with his father, rather than his mother, whom Firman disliked.

Techniques
Firman got strong kicks, but terrible accuracy. Giving his first technique name "Random Kick". But he's still able to do decent passes. He also showing a decent skill in sepak takraw.


 * Random Kick (Tendangan Asal-asalan). A strong kick with disregard to accuracy. First used in episode 33.


 * Second Random Kick (Tendangan Asal-asalan Kedua). The kick following misfire from a Random Kick. Unlike Random Kick, the ball bounces multiple times on various surfaces. Used in episode 41.


 * Serious Kick


 * Deliberate Kick


 * Black Camel Kick


 * Random Tear Kick

Trivia

 * Firman is the only Team Golden Eagle's member whose the skin is black.
 * There is a running gag whenever Firman does his Random Kick, the ball always hit someone or people's possessions.
 * Firman and Madun were the members that have the most amount of techniques, with the amount being 6.
 * Firman called himself Firman Item (Firman the Black) in episode 39.
 * He is called 'Bule' in Tendangan Si Madun 2, rather than 'Firman'.
 * In episode 2, Firman said that he's born from Cameroonian father and Betawi mother. However in season 2 he speak with Ambonese dialect, suggesting his origin retconned into Moluccan.
 * His father speak with eastern Indonesian dialect in episode 36, further supporting his retconned origin.
 * His actor Ibnu Rahim is Indonesian actor of Cameroonian descent.