Timothy Filiga Cahill, more known as Tim Cahill is one of the greatest Australian players of all time. However he also has Samoan roots and he represented Samoa at youth level in the 90s. Born in Sydney, Australia, Tim Cahill and his brother Sean (goalkeeper) were invited by Football Federation Samoa to play 1994 OFCContinue reading “TBT #05 – The Samoan roots of Tim Cahill”
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The success of Malampa Revivors
Port Vila is the capital and most important city of Vanuatu – when someone ask us to mention a city in the country, most of the times we will think about Port Vila. The capital is also the land of the most important football clubs in the country, as Galaxy, Tafea, Erakor Golden Star andContinue reading “The success of Malampa Revivors”
Nelson Sale to Vanuatu national team?
Recently Oceania Football Center reported that the Galaxy FC defender Nelson Sale Kilifa granted the Ni-Vanuatu citizenship after a long career in the country playing for clubs as Amicale and Nalkutan. For this reason, Galaxy can count with Sale Kilifa as a local player in the OFC Champions League 2020, opening another slot for aContinue reading “Nelson Sale to Vanuatu national team?”
Scott Wara: finding his space in England
Oceania Football Center recently wrote an article about Terry Stephenson, a 17 years old defender from Papua New Guinea that is playing in England. However Papua New Guinea is not the only country from Oceania with a defender playing at youth level in England – Fiji also counts on a good and promising defender thatContinue reading “Scott Wara: finding his space in England”
A year to remember for Solomon Islands football
As we enter in 2020, it is time to make a recap about the previous year – and the 2019 of Solomon Islands football is surely a year to remember for history. The U17 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil – played in 2019 – was the first ever tournament a Solomon Islands football teamContinue reading “A year to remember for Solomon Islands football”
Masi and Krishna: the Fijian goal scoring history
Every nation has their key figures in the sport; football is not an individual game and it is very important to have a strong and organized team to make the difference inside the pitch, but the decisive players, those who make the difference in the game – defensively or offensively – make their path toContinue reading “Masi and Krishna: the Fijian goal scoring history”
Terry Stephenson: a Papua New Guinean in England
When it comes to Papua New Guinean footballers playing in other continents people always think about the Komolong brothers – Felix, currently playing in the USA and Alwin, who last played in Germany third tier. However there is a very young player from Papua New Guinea that is having a great opportunity in England: TerryContinue reading “Terry Stephenson: a Papua New Guinean in England”
A marvelous year for futsal in Solomon Islands
The year of 2019 was something special for Futsal in Oceania, specially for one country: The Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands National Futsal Team, also known as Kurukuru won OFC Futsal Nations Cup for the sixth time ever to qualify for 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup that will be held in Lithuania. It might have beenContinue reading “A marvelous year for futsal in Solomon Islands”
The brilliant year of Raphael Le’ai
Every country has its young talents; always lots of expecations are put in their shoulders to turn into superstars in the game. In little nations it might be even harder to deal with the pressure to have the gift to play football: in a football crazy nation – that is yet to achieve big thingsContinue reading “The brilliant year of Raphael Le’ai”
Mitch Cooper: a great surprise for Vanuatu
Mitch Cooper was one of the Vanuatu National Football Team debutants in 2019. He was called up by former head coach Paul Munster to play 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa. Cooper might have been an unknown player for Ni-Vanuatu people but after his great performance in the Pacific Games everyone must know him in theContinue reading “Mitch Cooper: a great surprise for Vanuatu”
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