Puaikura F.C.

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Puaikura
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Ground Raemaru Park
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJunior Areai
ManagerMatt Calcott
League Cook Islands Round Cup
2024 4th

Puaikura F.C. (also known historically as Arorangi FC [1] ) is a Cook Islands football club located in Arorangi, Cook Islands. It currently plays in Cook Islands Round Cup the main football league competition. They have won two Cook Islands Round Cup championships in 1985 and 1987 and one Cook Islands Cup in 1985 as Arorangi FC. They competed in the 2004 Cook Islands Round Cup under the name Puaikura FC, where they finished sixth. [2]

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Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Finlay Munro
GK Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Jireh Vunibaka
DF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Junior Matangi
DF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Jarves Aperau
DF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Roimata Karika
DF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Temata Karika
DF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Tepa Tuaputa
MF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Paul Poila
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Jeremias Perez
MF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Kimiora Samuela
MF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Samuel Maoate-Cox
MF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Dwayne Tiputoa
MF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Tumatangi Tumatangi
FW Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Campbell Best
FW Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Conroy Tiputoa
FW Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK John Karika
FW Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Mateus Juk

Titles

1985, 1987, 2013, 2016
1985, 2016, 2017

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References

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Cookense_de_Futebol