Simione Tamanisau

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Simione Tamanisau
Personal information
Full name Simione Moci Tamanisau
Date of birth (1982-06-05) 5 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Tailevu, Fiji
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper / Striker [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Rewa
2005–2006 Navua
2006 → Nokia Eagles (loan)
2007 Rewa
2008–2009 Navua
2010–2012 Rewa
2010 → Hekari United (loan)
2012–2013 Lautoka
2014–2018 Rewa 9 (1)
2018–2019 Suva 22 (2)
2020-2021 Rewa 8 (0)
2022 Tailevu Naitasiri 10 (0)
2022- Labasa 18 (0)
International career‡
2003–2004 Fiji U23
2003– Fiji 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2019

Simione Tamanisau (born 5 June 1982) is a Fijian international footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper and striker for Suva in the National Football League.

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Club career

Tamanisau has spent his entire domestic career so far in his native Fiji. During the 2010–11 season, Tamanisau had a loan spell in Papua New Guinea with Hekari United. [2]

He is mostly used as a goalkeeper but able to play as a striker when needed. On 19 October 2016, he scored the winning goal for Rewa in their 2–1 victory against Suva in the National Football League match. [3]

International career

Tamanisau earned his first call-up to the Fiji national football team in 2003, during his inaugural season. He won five caps that year. The following year, he played in his first FIFA World Cup qualifying match when he kept goal in the 4–2 victory over Papua New Guinea on 12 May 2004. [4] He played another five matches in the qualification campaign for the 2006 World Cup, conceding 11 goals in total. [5] He made a further two appearances for the team in 2005, and the team did not play during 2006.

During qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Tamanisau became embroiled in controversy when he was denied entry to New Zealand to play a Second Qualifying Round tie. [6] He was stopped at customs because his father-in-law, a military police officer, had been involved in the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. [6] The match was eventually postponed with Fiji refusing to play without their first-choice goalkeeper. On 19 November 2008, the game was played with Fiji emerging 2–0 winners. [7] Following this match, Tamanisau spent over two years out of the Fiji team before returning to make seven more appearances for his country during 2011.

On 16 July 2016, Tamanisau was selected by the Fiji under-23 team for the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of three overage players. [8]

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

International career statistics

As of 31 July 2019
Fiji national team
YearAppsGoals
200350
200460
200520
200760
200810
201170
201230
201610
201760
201920
Total390

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References

  1. ↑ "Rewa's FACT target". Fiji Times. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Top Fiji keeper joins Hekari". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tamanisau Strikes". Fiji Sun. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fiji 4–2 Papua New Guinea". FIFA. 12 May 2004. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Simione Tamanisau – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. 1 2 "Fiji match pulled over visa row". BBC News. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand 0–2 Fiji". FIFA. 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "U23 squad in Suva for team naming". Fiji Times. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.


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