There’s no doubting Paes’ commitment. He’s well aware of the undertaking and is excited about the opportunities in front of him and Indonesian Nation Team–currently ranked 134th in the world.
“What I want to achieve is putting Indonesia on the soccer map,” he said. “It’s a huge country, 300 million people and their number one sport is football, or soccer. If you see the amount of support that they get, the potential that is there, it’s just time to fulfill that potential.
“And off the field, I also want to be leading by example and have a huge impact there. I still have to see what kind of ways we can do that. But yeah, definitely, I have some huge plans.”
