Sylvain Graglia

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Sylvain Graglia
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Cannes, France
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 A.S. Pirae
Youth career
2008–2009 AS Cannes
2009–2011 FC Antibes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 A.S. Dragon
2015–2017 A.S. Tefana
2017–? A.S. Central Sport (22)
? AS Samine
2020- A.S. Pirae
International career‡
2016– Tahiti 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:02, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Sylvain Graglia (born 12 April 1989) is a French-born Tahitian footballer who plays as a striker for A.S. Pirae and the Tahiti national football team. [1]

Contents

Personal

Graglia is from Cannes in France. He moved to Tahiti in 2011 when his wife, who is a nurse, transferred to a French Polynesian hospital. [2]

Career

Youth

As a youth, Graglia played for FC Antibes and trained with AS Cannes. [2]

Club

Between 2012 and 2014, Graglia played for A.S. Dragon of Tahiti Ligue 1. He competed in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League with the club [3] and scored in a victory against Auckland City. [4] Following his tenure with Dragon, he transferred to fellow-Ligue 1 side A.S. Tefana. [1] With Tefana, he competed in 2014–15 Coupe de France and scored in a seventh round 1–2 defeat to Olympique Noisy-le-Sec. [5] He also competed with the club in the 2017 OFC Champions League [6] and scored in a 4–2 victory over Erakor Golden Star F.C. of Vanuatu. [7] He has also played in Tahiti for AS Samine. [8]

He is part of the squad of A.S. Pirae at 2021´s FIFA Club World Cup. [9]

International career

After living in Tahiti for five years beginning in 2011, Graglia became eligible to represent Tahiti. [2] He made his senior international debut on 7 November 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Solomon Islands. He scored his first two international goals in a 3–1 victory over Papua New Guinea in the same competition on 23 March 2017. [10] [1]

International goals

Score and result list Tahiti's goal tally first. [1]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
23 March 2017 Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
1–1
3–1
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2
2–1
Last updated 26 March 2017

International statistics

As of match played 28 March 2017 [1]
Tahiti
YearAppsGoals
201620
201722
Total42

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Les Tahitiens vous saluent bien" (in French). Le Parisien. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Crunch time for Dragon and Auckland". SHEFA FA. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Auckland City 1 – 3 Dragon". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Football – Ligue 1 Vini : Focus sur Sylvain Graglia, attaquant de Tefana" (in French). Fédération Tahitienne de Football.
  6. ↑ "Into the unknown as trio debut". Vanuatu Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "OFC Champions League 2017 - Group D". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "OFC profile". Oceania Football Confederatiom. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Carcará Net portuguese".
  10. ↑ Jakanduo, Leo. "Tahiti comeback breaks PNG hearts". Papua New Guinea Football. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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