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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He has also notably played in all eight of Kiribati's matches played during the 21st century.

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

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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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