Setareki Hughes

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Setareki Hughes
Personal information
Full name Setareki Waganitoga Hughes [1]
Date of birth (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Bua, Fiji
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rewa
Number 8
Youth career
Rewa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Rewa
2015–2018 Suva
2018– Rewa
International career
2011 Fiji U-17 4 (0)
2013–2015 Fiji U-20 8 (0)
2016 Fiji U-23 3 (0)
2016– Fiji 36 (1)
Fiji Futsal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2017

Setareki Waganitoga Hughes (born 8 June 1995) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rewa in the National Football League.

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International career

Hughes was selected for the Fiji national under-20 team to compete at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in May 2015. he played in all three of Fiji's group matches against Germany, Honduras and Uzbekistan.

On 28 May 2016, he made his senior debut for the national team at the 2016 OFC Nations Cup in their 3–1 loss against New Zealand.

He was then also selected as part of the Fiji under-23 team for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2]

In 2019, he was selected for the 2019 Pacific Games. Fiji won a bronze medal.

International goals

Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first. [3]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 July 2019 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 9–09–0 2019 Pacific Games

Awards

Private life

Setareki's brother, Bruce Hughes is also a footballer who plays for Suva as well as Fiji U-20.

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References

  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 5. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. "Football team named". FBC TV. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. "Setareki Hughes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. PRAVIN NARAIN (14 March 2017). "Hughes: 2016 Footballer of the Year". Fiji Times .