Taniela Waqa

Taniela Waqa

Personal information
Full name	Taniela Evo Waqa
Date of birth	(1983-06-22) June 22, 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Fiji
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Labasa FC
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2003	Olympian Team
2003–2008	Lautoka F.C.
2008–2011	Labasa FC
2011–17	Hekari United
2017–	Labasa FC
International career‡
2003–	Fiji	35	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 December 2017

Taniela Evo Waqa (born June 22, 1983) is a Fijian association football defender playing for Fiji national football team and Labasa FC in the Fijian National Football League. He also participated in the 2007 South Pacific Games football tournament.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Fiji	2003	5	1
	2004	8	0
	2005	2	0
	2007	7	2
	2008	2	0
	2011	8	1
	2012	3	0
	2017	2	0
Total		37	4

Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waqa goal.

List of international goals scored by Taniela Waqa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	9 July 2003	Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji	Tahiti	1–1	2–1	2003 South Pacific Games	[2]
2	27 August 2007	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	Cook Islands	2–0	4–0	2007 South Pacific Games	[3]
3	1 September 2007	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	Tahiti	1–0	4–0	2007 South Pacific Games	[4]
4	27 August 2011	Stade Boewa, Boulari Bay, New Caledonia	Tahiti	1–0	3–0	2011 South Pacific Games	[5]

Achievements

• 2015 Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament Player of the Tournament

References

1. "Taniela Waqa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
2. "Fiji vs. Tahiti". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
3. "Fiji vs. Cook Islands". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
4. "Fiji vs. Tahiti". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
5. "Fiji vs. Tahiti". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

External links

• Taniela Waqa at National-Football-Teams.com