Peter Ravai

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Peter Ravai
Personal information
Full name Peter Charles Tamani Ravai Ravitisai [1]
Date of birth (2003-03-25) 25 March 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rewa
Youth career
2010–2011 Eintracht Bad Fallingbostel
2011–2012 HSV
2013–2016 Park Farm Rangers
2016–2019 Ashford United
2019–2020 Soccer Elite FA
2020–2022 Maidstone United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Rewa
International career
2022 Fiji U19 5 (0)
2023– Fiji U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Charles Tamani Ravai Ravitisai (born 25 March 2003), known as Peter Ravai, is a footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for Rewa. Born in Scotland, he is a Fiji youth international and has been called up to represent Fiji internationally. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Revai was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Fijian parents. [7] His father was in the British Army, and he moved to Germany at a young age. [7]

Club career

Early career

At the age of seven, Ravai joined amateur side Eintracht Bad Fallingbostel, where he spent a season before being scouted by professional side Hamburger SV. [7] [8] His family moved to England, and he played for the academies of Park Farm Rangers and Ashford United and spent a year with the Soccer Elite Football Academy, before joining Maidstone United in 2020. [7] [9] [10]

International career

Ravai is eligible to represent Scotland having been born there and Fiji through his parents. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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References

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