Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Fiji | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nadi | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2015 | Dreketi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Ba | ||
2017– | Nadi | ||
International career | |||
2013 | Fiji U17 | 4 | (0) |
2017– | Fiji | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rupeni Rabici (born 27 November 1996) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a defender for Fijian club Nadi and the Fiji national team. [1]
Rabici is from Galoa in the Serua District and was educated at Lomary Secondary School. [2]
Rabici started his career with Ba. However he played mainly for their youth team. Before he really broke into the first team of Ba he joined Nadi. He was suspended for two matches in 2019 after being red-carded for violent conduct in a match against Nasinu. [3]
In 2017 Rabici was called up by coach Christophe Gamel for the Fiji national team. He made his debut on 19 November 2017, in a 2–0 loss against Estonia [4] when he came in in the 90 minute of play for Laisenia Naioko. [5]
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