Samuel Gideon Balinsa (born 8 March 1999) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League club Arema.
Born in Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia, Balinsa started his early career by playing for Bola Mania Soccer School and Persipura Jayapura U18.[3]
In 2019, he was signed for Persewar Waropen to play in Liga 2 in the 2019 season.[4] Balinsa made his first-team debut on 22 June 2019 in a 0–1 win against Persatu Tuban.[5] On 14 July 2019, Balinsa scored his first league goal for Persewar Waropen with scored a brace against Persik Kediri in a 0–2 win, the latter result saw Persewar move to 1st position in the league table of East Group.[6] Balinsa finished the first season with 2 goals in 7 games.[7]
After last season without a club and playing for Papua in the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, the following season, he rejoined Persewar Waropen.[3] On 29 August 2022, he started his match in the 2022–23 season for Persewar in a 3–1 lose over Deltras.[8] He finished his season in 2022–23 with only 6 appearances.[7]
In 2019, He became part of the PPLP Papua team. In 2021, Balinsa participated in the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, representing Papua.[9] He successfully represented Papua to win the gold medal after winning the final match in a 2–0 victory over the team from Aceh.[10] After impressively representing Papua at the 2021 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, in January 2022, he almost joined Thai League 2 club Lampang, but that fell through due to administrative issues.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Persewar Waropen | 2019 | Liga 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Persewar Waropen | 2022–23 | Liga 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Arema | 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Liga 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[a] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
Arema
