Nabaruru Batiri

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Nabaruru Batiri
Personal information
Full name Nabaruru Batiri
Date of birth (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 40) [1]
Place of birth Kiribati
Position(s) Defender
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2011 Kiribati 8 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 December 2012

Nabaruru Batiri (born 1 December 1984) is an I-Kiribati former footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Kiribati national team and has the most appearances for the national team with eight appearances. [1]

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Club career

Batiri's club was not listed during the 2003 South Pacific Games and the 2011 Pacific Games, potentially suggesting he may have never played club football. [1]

International career

Batiri made four appearances at the 2003 South Pacific Games, [1] with his debut being a 3–2 loss against Tuvalu on 30 June 2003. [2]

Kiribati returned to international football in 2011, and Batiri played all four matches during the 2011 Pacific Games: the 3–0 loss to Cook Islands, [3] the 1–17 losses to both Papua New Guinea [4] and Tahiti [5] and the 9–0 loss to Fiji, where he appeared as a substitute. [6]

His last appearance would come on 5 September 2011 which was the aforementioned 1–17 loss against Tahiti. [5] He retired from international football after the 2011 Pacific Games concluded.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 5 September 2011. [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Kiribati 200340
201140
Total80

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nabaruru Batiri". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tuvalu vs. Kiribati 2003-06-30". National Football Teams.
  3. ↑ "Cook Islands 3–0 Kiribati". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Kiribati 1 – 17 Papua New Guinea". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Kiribati 1 – 17 Tahiti". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fiji 9 – 0 Kiribati". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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