Kavaia Rawaqa

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Kavaia Rawaqa
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-09-20) 20 September 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth Fiji
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lautoka
Number 8
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Labasa
2014–2015 Lautoka
2015 Nadi
2015–2017 Labasa
2017– Lautoka 10
International career‡
2012 Fiji U23 3 (0)
2017– Fiji 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2019

Kavaia Rawaqa (born 20 September 1990) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a defender for Fijian club Lautoka and the Fiji national team. [1] [2]

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Club career

Rawaqa started his career with Labasa. After he played for Lautoka, Nadi, again Labasa, he now plays for Lautoka. With the club, he won the 2017 Fiji National Football League.

International career

In 2012 Rawaqa was called up for the 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Fiji reached the final but lost by 1 goal to nil against New Zealand. Rawaqa didn't play in the final and semi-final but he was in the starting line up in all three group games against the Solomon Islands (2–0 win), American Samoa (7–1 win) and Vanuatu (2–1 win). In 2017 Rawaqa was called up by coach Christophe Gamel for the Fiji national football team. He made his debut on 27 March 2017, in a 2–0 loss to New Zealand when he played the whole game as a left back.

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References

  1. ↑ "Fiji - k. Rawaqa - Profiel met nieuws, statistieken en geschiedenis - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Kavaia Rawaqa". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.


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