Sandy Walsh

**Sandy Henny Walsh** (born 14 March 1995), also known as **Sandy Walsh**, is a Belgian-Dutch-Indonesian footballer. He can play as a right-back, as a centre-back. He plays for Yokohama F. Marinos and the Indonesia national team.

## Club career

Walsh spent time in the youth sides of Tempo Overijse and ERC Hoeilaart before joining Anderlecht in 2003 where he stayed until 2011 when he joined Genk.

### Genk

On 2 September 2012, he made his professional debut for Genk, coming on as a substitute for the final moments of a 2–2 draw with his former side Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League.

### Zulte Waregem

Walsh moved to Zulte Waregem in the summer of 2017, making his league debut on 5 August 2017 as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Sint-Truiden.

### Mechelen

In October 2020, he moved to another Belgian club Mechelen. He made his league debut on 1 November 2020 as a starter in a 2–2 draw with Club Brugge. He scored the only goal in the quarter-final of the Belgian Cup in injury time against Kortijk, sending Mechelen to the semi-finals.

### Yokohama F. Marinos

On 9 February 2025, J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos announced the signing of Walsh. He made his debut on 19 February 2025 as a starter in a match AFC Champions League Elite against Shanghai Port.

### Netherlands

Walsh has represented the Netherlands at youth international and won the UEFA European Under-17 Championship with the under-17 side in 2012. He has represented the Netherlands at every level from under-15 to under-20.

### Indonesia

In May 2022, Walsh confirmed that he had decided to represent Indonesia at international level. On 22 November 2022, Walsh received a call-up from Indonesia national team coach Shin Tae-Yong for a training camp in preparation for the 2022 AFF Championship. He was however called back by his club.

On 27 May 2023, Walsh received call-up to the Indonesia national team for friendly matches against Palestine and Argentina. However, Walsh was unable to play in both matches, as he got a calf injury during training.

On 29 August 2023, Walsh received another call-up to the national team for the friendly match against Turkmenistan. He went on to make his debut against said team in a 2–0 win.

On 24 January 2024, Walsh scored his debut goal in injury-time for the national team in a 1–3 loss against Japan in the final match of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup group stage.

On 5 September 2024, in the first match of the third round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, Walsh scored a goal against Saudi Arabia through a deflection from his teammate Ragnar Oratmangoen in a 1–1 draw.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Genk|2011–12|rowspan="6"|Belgian Pro League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|2012–13|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||||
|2013–14|4|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|6|0|||||
|2014–15|11|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|11|0|||||
|2015–16|23|1|5|0|0|0|0|0|28|1|||||
|2016–17|12|0|2|0|9|0|5|1|28|1|||||
|rowspan="4"|Zulte Waregem|2017–18|rowspan="3"|Belgian Pro League|18|1|2|0|4|0|10|0|34|1|
|2018–19|21|1|2|0|0|0|10|1|33|2|||||
|2019–20|9|0|4|0|0|0|0|0|13|0|||||
|rowspan="6"|Mechelen|2020–21|rowspan="5"|Belgian Pro League|30|3|1|0|–|0|0|31|3||
|2021–22|33|3|1|0|–|0|0|34|3||||||
|2022–23|25|2|5|1|–|0|0|30|3||||||
|2023–24|31|0|0|0|–|0|0|31|0||||||
|2024–25|6|0|1|0|–|0|0|7|0||||||
|Yokohama F. Marinos|2025|J1 League|8|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|11|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Indonesia|2023|4|0|
|2024|14|2|||
|2025|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Walsh goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|24 January 2024|Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar|8||**1**–3|1–3|2023 AFC Asian Cup|||||||||
|2|5 September 2024|King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia|14||**1**–0|1–1|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||

## Other websites

Profile  at the K.V. Mechelen website
- Profile at the Royal Dutch Football Association (archived)
- Profile  at the Football Association of Indonesia

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sandy Walsh
- **image**: Indonesia v Philippines WCQ 2024 (Sandy Walsh).jpg
- **caption**: Walsh with Indonesia national football team, Indonesia in 2024
- **fullname**: Sandy Henny Walsh
- **birth place**: Brussels, Belgium
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Right-back, Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Yokohama F. Marinos
- **clubnumber**: 15
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2002
- **youthclubs1**: Tempo Overijse
- **youthyears2**: 2002–2003
- **youthclubs2**: ERC Hoeilaart
- **years1**: 2012–2017
- **clubs1**: K.R.C. Genk, Genk
- **caps1**: 51
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2017–2020
- **clubs2**: S.V. Zulte Waregem, Zulte Waregem
- **caps2**: 48
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2020–2025
- **clubs3**: K.V. Mechelen, Mechelen
- **caps3**: 125
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2025–
- **clubs4**: Yokohama F. Marinos
- **caps4**: 8
- **goals4**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2009–2012
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 18
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2012–2014
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 10
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2023–
- **nationalteam3**: Indonesia national football team, Indonesia
- **nationalcaps3**: 20
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **club-update**: 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: March 2025
- **youthyears3**: 2003–2011
- **youthclubs3**: R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht
- **youthyears4**: 2011–2012
- **youthclubs4**: K.R.C. Genk, Genk