Reggie Davani

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Reginald Davani
Personal information
Full name Reginald Davani
Date of birth (1980-02-05) 5 February 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Midfielder, Striker
Team information
Current team
 Western Pride FC (assistant manager)
Youth career
1996–1997 Brisbane Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Queensland Lions 48 (35)
1998 Ipswich Knights 23 (15)
1999–2000 Queensland Lions 35 (12)
2001 Taringa Rovers 12 (4)
2001–2002 University Inter 40 (28)
2003 Metro FC 13 (12)
2003–2006 North Shore United 58 (39)
2004–2006 → Bay Olympic (loan) 40 (6)
2007–2008 Auckland City 14 (8)
2008 Kossa FC 8 (0)
2009 Hume City 11 (5)
2009–2010 Logan United 14 (4)
2010–2011 Brisbane Olympic 15 (5)
2011 Sunshine George Cross
2012–2015 Morobe Kumuls
International career
1998–2012 Papua New Guinea 17 (13)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Papua New Guinea (assistant manager)
2018– Western Pride FC (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reginald Davani (born 5 February 1980) is a former Papua New Guinea footballer, who is currently acting as senior men's coach at Western Pride FC. [2] [3]

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He is Papua New Guinea's all-time record international goal scorer with 13 goals.

Club career

Davani was a product of the then Brisbane Lions (now Queensland Lions Soccer Club) youth team, before graduating to the senior side. In 1999, he moved to Ipswich Knights, scoring 15 goals in 23 matches, and Taringa Rovers. He then spent several seasons in the New Zealand football leagues, most notably at Auckland City. Davani then transferred to Solomon Islands side Kossa FC, with whom he won a runners-up medal in the 2007–08 OFC Champions League, before moving to Coburg United in Australia's Victorian Premier League for the remainder of the 2008 season. After his release from Logan United, in June 2010 Davani joined Brisbane Olympic. Just before the commencement of the 2011 season, Davani joined Victorian club Sunshine George Cross.

International career

Davani made his debut for the Papua New Guinea national football team in 1998 at the Melanesian Cup in Santo Vanuatu, against the Solomon Islands. He played in four World Cup qualification games in 2004, in which he scored 6 goals. He currently holds the record for the most International goals for Papua New Guinea (13). His younger brother Alex Davani, also plays for the national team. Davani is a dual International, having represented Australia in futsal and was a member of the 2008 Australian Futsal World Cup squad.

International goals

Scores and results list Papua New Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Papua New Guinea goal.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
112 March 2002 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, SamoaNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 4–14–1 2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification
214 March 2002 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, SamoaFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3–05–0
318 March 2002 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, SamoaFlag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 1–07–0
42–0
54–0
69 July 2002 North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1–11–3 2002 OFC Nations Cup
712 May 2004 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, SamoaFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1–12–4 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
817 May 2004 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, SamoaFlag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 1–010–0
92–0
107–0
1110–0
1219 May 2004 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, SamoaFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1–04–1
1313 July 2007 Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon IslandsFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1–21–2Friendly

Coaching career

Davani was Papua New Guinea Assistant coach between 2014 and 2017. During this time Papua New Guinea finished runners up in the OFC Nations Cup. [4]

Davani returned to Ipswich in 2018 to become the Senior Men's Assistant coach and U20 Men's coach at Western Pride FC. Davani became the acting-Senior Men's coach after the departure of Graham Harvey.

Honours

Club

University Inter
Auckland City
Bay Olympic
Kossa FC

Individual

2005 Finalist – Papua New Guinean Sportsman of the Year
2004 Finalist – Oceania Player of the Year
2004 Players Player of the Year – Bay Olympic NZ
2001 Port Moresby Soccer Association Striker of the Year
1999 OFC Futsal All-Star Team
1998 Alitalia Young Rising Star Award – Australian Futsal National League
All Time Top Scorer – PNG National Team (15 Goals)

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile – Auckland City FC" (PDF). Auckland City. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  2. ↑ Football Queensland (26 May 2018), NPL RD 15 | Reggie Davani - Western Pride Assistant Coach , retrieved 7 June 2018
  3. ↑ Lems, David. "SHOCK EXIT: Top footy coach lured to Hong Kong league". Queensland Times. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ↑ OFCfootball (11 June 2016), 2016 OFC NATIONS CUP FINAL | New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea , retrieved 7 June 2018
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