Roonui Tehau: une nouvelle Star du Football dans la famille

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English La famille Tehau est, il est vrai, l’une des familles les plus connues dans le domaine du football océanique. Lorenzo Tehau, Alvin Tehau, Jonathan Tehau et Teaonui Tehau ont vécu l’un des moments les plus importants de leur histoire du football lors de la Coupe des Confédérations 2013 – où Tahiti a affrontéContinue reading “Roonui Tehau: une nouvelle Star du Football dans la famille”

Brian Kaltak: consistency leading Central United’s defense

Vanuatu National Team captain Brian Kaltak had one more very good match for Central United last weekend as he played the entire match helping his winter league’s club to beat Birkenhead United in a hard fought 1-0 victory away from Kiwitea Street. The defender keeps his consistency in the first three matches of the seasonContinue reading “Brian Kaltak: consistency leading Central United’s defense”

Vanuatu: Invited players make PVFA Independence Cup more interesting

The 2020 PVFA Independence Cup kicked-off this weekend and Galaxy and Tafea won their matches. Besides the final scores, standings and goalscorers, there is one thing that must be highlighted: the amount of players that are not really part of the official squads. Erakor Golden Star counted on Jason Thomas, Dondy Kileteir and Tasso JefferyContinue reading “Vanuatu: Invited players make PVFA Independence Cup more interesting”

Partnerships with other confederations help football’s development in Oceania

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is surely the least development continental football confederation in the world. They have been improving really fast in the past few years and they count with some partners to help in this development process: another continental confederations. It is already known that OFC holds a partnership with Union of European FootballContinue reading “Partnerships with other confederations help football’s development in Oceania”

Oscar Anto: a Ghanian footballer in Samoa

Football is a globalized sport and it is not so difficult to find foreign players in a football team. Many clubs from Europe have key players from South America or Africa, for example. It is not different in Oceania where we can find some players from these continents having success in the region like UruguayanContinue reading “Oscar Anto: a Ghanian footballer in Samoa”

How far can Raphael Le’ai go?

Solomon Islands rising star Raphael Le’ai is one of the biggest prospects from Oceania. The 16-year-old forward still has a long way to go as a footballer but his talent make us thinking about how far he can go. Le’ai has a very impressive career for a 16-year-old player: he led his team in 2018Continue reading “How far can Raphael Le’ai go?”

U17 National Team makes Solomon Islands proud

The year is 2018 and Solomon Islands are ready to host the U16 OFC Championship at its main venue, the Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara. The expectations of the local team are high: would it be possible for the Solomon Islands boys to qualify for their country for the first football FIFA tournament ever? TheContinue reading “U17 National Team makes Solomon Islands proud”

Tito Vodowaqa: I would be grateful to be part of Fiji National Team

Tito Vodowaqa is one of the most talented players from Fiji. The 21-year-old forward has recently moved to Australia with some other Fijian footballers to play for Frankston Pines. Fiji Football Association set a partnership with Multi-Cultural Sports Association, Victoria Football and Frankston Pines FC to send young Fijian players to Australia in last November.Continue reading “Tito Vodowaqa: I would be grateful to be part of Fiji National Team”

Football in Oceania begins to march towards professionalism

Oceania Football Confederaton (OFC) is the only continental confederation where football is not professional and it needs to change in order to develop the sport in the region. There is a big gap between other confederations and OFC and making football a professional sport in Oceania will surely help to reduce this gap. Vanuatu FootballContinue reading “Football in Oceania begins to march towards professionalism”

Micah Lea’alafa: football, futsal and foreign interested clubs

It is already known that 29-year-old forward Micah Lea’alafa is back to Solomon Islands after leaving Maritzburg United from South Africa. He is currently a free agent and there is speculation about the next step of his career as a footballer. The Solomon Islands international played only eleven matches in the 2019-20 ABSA Premiership –Continue reading “Micah Lea’alafa: football, futsal and foreign interested clubs”