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Full name | Rainui Aroita [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tahiti | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AS Arue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011– | A.S. Tamarii Faa'a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Tahiti U17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | Tahiti | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2016 |
Rainui Aroita (born 25 January 1994) is Tahitian footballer who plays for A.S. Tamarii Faa'a and for Tahiti national football team. [2]
Airota started his career with AS Arue. [3] He left in 2011 Arue and joined to Tahiti First Division club A.S. Tamarii Faa'a. [4] In June 2013 he was called for a trial to Brazilian second division club América Futebol Clube (MG). [5]
He was part of the Tahiti squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. [6] Airota played his full senior debut on 26 March 2013 against New Caledonia national football team in the Qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2014. [7]
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