Rusiate Matarerega

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Rusiate Matarerega
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Fiji
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Nadroga
Number 5
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Nadi
2014–2015 Lautoka
2015–2017 Suva
2017–2021 Nadi 55 (30)
2021 Nadroga 8 (3)
2022 Rewa 7 (4)
2023 Suva 13 (5)
2024- Nadroga 7 (6)
International career
2013 Fiji U20 4 (5)
2016– Fiji 18 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June2024

Rusiate Matarerega (born 17 January 1993) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a forward for Nadroga in the Fijian National Football League. [1] [2]

Contents

Club

As of 11 October 2019 [3]

Cup: Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament, Inter-District Championship, Battle of the Giants and Champion versus Champion

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nadi Fiji Premier League
2014 00-30-30
2015 00-20-20
2016 00-31-31
2017 143-00-143
2018 128-00-128
2019 111111700-2218
Total372211781005630

    International career

    International goals

    Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first. [1]
    NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.2 December 2017 Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 4–08–0 2017 Pacific Mini Games
    2.15 December 2017New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 4–14–1
    3.18 March 2019 ANZ National Stadium, Suva, Fiji 3–03–0 Friendly
    4.15 July 2019 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 2–010–1 2019 Pacific Games

    Private life

    Matarerega is the son of former Lautoka, Nadi and Fiji national rep, Watisoni Voli.

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Rusiate Matarerega". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
    2. "Fiji - R. Matarerega". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
    3. "Competition List".