Lopati Okelani

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Lopati Okelani
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Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-17) 17 August 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth Tuvalu
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Nui
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Tofaga A
2012 Nui A (3)
National team
2011 Tuvalu 3 (0)
2010 Tuvalu futsal 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lopati Okelani (born 17 August 1988) is a Tuvaluan footballer who currently plays for Nui.

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Club career

Lopati played for FC Tofaga A in 2011 and played for Nui A in 2012.

International career

Lopati played in 2010 with Tuvalu national futsal team at the Oceanian Futsal Championship. [1] He played all six games.

He made his debut for the Tuvalu national football team in the match against Samoa on August 22, 2011.

In 2011, he played for the national football team at the 2011 Pacific Games as a defender, against Solomon Islands, [2] and Guam. [3]

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References

  1. "Squads named for OFC Futsal Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. "Solomon Islands have beaten Tuvalu in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation . September 3, 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. "Guam and Tuvalu have drawn 1-1 in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation . September 4, 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.