He was named after the galaxy Milky Way, called "Bima Sakti" in Indonesian language.

Shortly after graduating from PSSI Primavera program, he did an unsuccessful trial at Helsingborg IF, however he did brings home valuable lesson about the vastly different approach of attitude at training in europe compared to his experience so far with local teams, which he recalled, "In Europe you have to give 100% even in training, because you'll carry that attitude in real match, while back then, in Indonesia training was more lax and our players rarely give his all to prevent exhaustion in training.

"[3] During his playing career, Bima played for PKT Bontang, Pelita Jaya, PSM Makassar, PSPS Pekanbaru, Persema Malang, Persepar Palangkaraya, Mitra Kukar, Gresik United and Persiba Balikpapan before his retirement in 2016.

His debut for the senior national team happened on 4 December 1995 at the age of 19.

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