🇫🇷 Français Georges Gope-Fenepej is one of the most successful Pacific Islanders in Oceania football history, just like Roy Krishna, his compatriot Jekob Jeno, Marama Vahirua and Brian Kaltak, he left the Pacific Islands to turn into professional football player. In Gope-Fenepej’s case he left for France after making history as he helped his NewContinue reading “Georges Gope-Fenepej makes New Caledonia proud reaching another feat in French Football”
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Eddy Kaspard taking his opportunities in French football
🇫🇷 Français Eddy Kaspard is one of the good players who played the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup for Tahiti, alongside players as Samuel Liparo, Kalahani Beaumert, Terai Bremond – all of them playing in the French football system by that time. From the players mentioned Kaspard was the only that managed to stay inContinue reading “Eddy Kaspard taking his opportunities in French football”
Paolo Hausner is ready for Tahiti national team call up
🇫🇷 Français A few Tahitian players have managed to play at professional level in France like Marama Vahirua and Nicolas Vallar, althought it is still rare to see Tahitians playing in European football scenario. This is the case of Paolo Hausner, the left wing of FC Metropole Troyenne in Regional 1 – the fifth tierContinue reading “Paolo Hausner is ready for Tahiti national team call up”
Football Ferns in dire straits as FIFA Women’s World Cup looms
The New Zealand women’s football team has always been one of the greatest prides of Oceania, managing to compete at a high level with teams such as Brazil, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and other powers of the sport. Just a few months before the World Cup where New Zealand will be one of the hostsContinue reading “Football Ferns in dire straits as FIFA Women’s World Cup looms”
AS Pirae and AS Dragon fight for a place in the next round of the OFC Champions League
🇫🇷 Français This Saturday – 17th February – AS Pirae and AS Dragon meet for the first time at the Stade Pater in Papeete – at 8 pm local time, the capital of French Polynesia to see who will get a spot among the eight qualifiers for the next round of the OFC Champions League.Continue reading “AS Pirae and AS Dragon fight for a place in the next round of the OFC Champions League”
Auckland City FC succumbs against Egyptian giant and is out of FIFA Club World Cup 2022
The dreams of Auckland City FC have come to an end as they suffered a 3-0 defeat against Egyptian giants Al Ahly, in Morocco today. Despite their best efforts, the Navy Blues were unable to secure a victory against a team of Al Ahly’s caliber. The African powerhouse cruise past the New Zealand club toContinue reading “Auckland City FC succumbs against Egyptian giant and is out of FIFA Club World Cup 2022”
Tahiti: a great football generation to come
🇫🇷 Français The year 2013 was special for Tahiti and for the people of French Polynesia, the Tahiti team came to Brazil to compete at the FIFA Confederations Cup. For that, Toa Aito made history by winning the 2012 OFC Nations Cup by surpassing Solomon Islands’ hosts at the semifinal and beating rivals New CaledoniaContinue reading “Tahiti: a great football generation to come”
Tahiti: daughther of football legend called-up for U-19 national team
🇫🇷 Français The Vahirua family is one of the most successful when it comes to Football in Oceania’s history. Marama Vahirua achieved success in French football and played for Tahiti national team – especially at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Pascal Vahirua, Marama’s cousin, who was also born in French Polynesia played 22 games forContinue reading “Tahiti: daughther of football legend called-up for U-19 national team”
OFC U-17 Championship: New Zealand beats New Caledonia to lift the trophy
New Zealand confirmed their favoritism and won the OFC U-17 Championship for the ninth time, moving ever closer to overtaking Australia – which has 10 titles – as the tournament’s greatest champion. It was not an easy tournament for the Kiwis, they faced difficulties in almost every match of the competition. In the final –Continue reading “OFC U-17 Championship: New Zealand beats New Caledonia to lift the trophy”
Four teams, two spots and a dream: the FIFA U-17 World Cup
New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and New Caledonia will play the semifinals of the U-17 OFC Championship on Wednesday – January 25th – in search of their dream of going to Peru to compete at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. New Zealand have played in the tournament numerous times before, New Caledonia will be looking toContinue reading “Four teams, two spots and a dream: the FIFA U-17 World Cup”
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