One of the most traditional teams in Fiji, Rewa, is looking for an ambitious move to sign a Brazilian striker to add offensive firepower to their squad. The player is Matheus Medeiros, a 23-year old striker that most recently played for Romania’s side Steaua Bucuresti. Medeiros also took part in one of the most important state leagues in Brazil when he played for Friburguense in Rio de Janeiro state league. See more information abour the player here.
The last news on Fiji football forces all the teams to sign important players if they are willing to be competitive in 2020 season and Rewa hopes to finish the deal in order to pursue high goals in their upcoming challenges.
Lautoka was in a urgent need of a new head coach; and their effort paid off as they announced recently the new man in charge just after one week of the start of the researches: the former Labasa and Tavua head coach Anand Sami is in charge of the club that will take part in the next edition of the OFC Champions League.
Anand Sami – FFA Media
Sami is set to take his first training session with Lautoka today (22/01). Sami is a national football legend, a Labasa FA product that represented Fiji international when football player. The last team he coached was Tavua.
After a scoring a lot of goals for Laugu United in Telekom S-League in his some country, the Solomon Islands young star Darold Kakasi is back to represent Ba in 2020 season. The forward is the fourth foreign players to reinforce Ba squad, after the announcement of Benjamin Totori and Jason Thomas and keeping of Ni-Vanuatu striker Micah Tommy.
Darold Kakasi with his country colours – OFC Media
Kakasi represented his nation in the last OFC U23 Olympic Qualifiers where his side lost in the grand final the spot in the Olympic Games for New Zealand. The forward played the last OFC Champions League for Ba and will resume for the club to represent them also in the upcoming edition.
Lae City FC is having some issues to register their new foreign players with the PNG Football Association. It was recently reported by the local newspaper The National that the PNGFA did not receive enough informations to register the both South American players signed by the team coached by Peter Gunemba.
Gustine Vergara (second from left) and Abdias Aguirre (fourth) signed for Lae – Lae City Media
The PNGFA general-secretary Dimirit Mileng said to the local source that “A letter sent by the Lae City FC on Dec 12, 2019, with the names of the players and their age, is not enough information to track these players. Importantly, if the players have a registered player agent, it would make it even more helpful to the players and the club receiving them“. Mileng also added the PNGFA send emails to Ecuadorian FA regarding the situation of the players, but they are still to receive a reply.
The local FA also emailed the most important football organization – FIFA – regarding the process on Transfer Management System (TMS): “These players could not be located on the TMS because they probably have not been registered on the system”. “The question PNGFA has are: What club these players played for? What association is their club registered to? Which part of the country are these players playing in? Do these players have identification numbers as per their registration?” said the general-secretary of PNGFA.
Mileng also stated that he may be wrong, “but Lae City failed to provide certain vital information in the first instance to assist with the process and that’s the reason for the delay in the release of the ITC through the TMS.” To finish his statement, the general-secretary said he hopes the FA can issue the International Transfer Certificate (ITC) as soon as possible and he also mentioned his contact with the club president asking for the needed info to complete the process.
Lae City will have a match in the next Saturday (25/01) as they face Vitiaz United in Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae for the 5th round of PNG National Soccer League.
Jared was born in Australia in 1998. His father is Australian and his mother is from Vanuatu which means that he is eligible to apply for a Ni-Vanuatu citizenship – “I am currently working on it. I have sent the papers through and they are on their way to Vanuatu” said Jared Clark.
Jared Clark
He can be called up for Vanuatu National Team when he gets the citizenship. According to Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) former technical advisor Joshua James, VFF management is already aware about the situation.
Clark would be a huge addition for Vanuatu in the 2020 OFC Nations Cup that will be held in June. His background in the sport makes him a top player for Oceania and his European experience can add a lot to the team.
There are great news for all Ba FC fans: both new signigns of the club coming from Lautoka Beniamino Mateinaqara and Samuela Drudru are ready to defed the Men in Black in the Champion vs Champion clash against Labasa. Both players documents were accepted by Fijian Football Association, so the players are officialy registered in the club.
Drudru (left) and Beniamino (right) are now Ba FC players
Both players are the most important local signings of Ba in order to reinforce their squad for 2020 season, especially for the challenge in OFC Champions League; both players represented Lautoka in the regional competition last year.
The first challenge of them will be against Labasa, the IDC Champions, in the CVC challenge that will have its first leg match next Saturday (25/01).
The most recent tournament created by Vanuatu Football Federation now has their schedule ready. The VFF National League Championship will feature both Vanuatu clubs competing in the 2020 OFC Champions League will be taking part in the competition, using it as preparation for the regional competition.
Malampa Revivors and Galaxy will be taking part of the National League Championship
The competiton will be split in two groups being one played in Luganville and the other group in Port Vila. You can see the complete schedule by clicking here. The grand final match will be played in 6th February.
After a lot of research, the Fijian Football Association decided who will the next head coach of the Bula Boys: the Danish and former Papua New Guinea national team head coach Flemming Serristlev was chosen by the Fijian direction to take on the team.
Serritslev led Papua New Guinea Kapuls to the final match of 2016 OFC Nations Cup against New Zealand. The team managed to hold the New Zealanders to a 0-0 draw, but lost in the penalty shootout.
The star midfielder of Labasa Antonio Tuivuna decided to refuse the deal with Ba in order to represent them in the next season and OFC Champions League to stay in his current team Labasa.
Tuivuna receives IDC award – FFA Media
The former U20 Fiji international won the best player award of the last InterDistrict Championship that his side Labasa won. Tuivuna decision will be key for the success of Labasa in the season. Recently the striker Siotame Kubu also decided to stay in Labasa after he was linked to a move to leave the team.
The New Zealand international Matthew Ridenton left his club in Newcastle Jets in the previous week to attend trials in the English second tier side Reading FC. The player had a rare opportunity to showcase himself at a very higher level than in Australian A-League.
Ridenton playing for Newcastle Jets
According to Berkshire Live, the 23-year old midfielder had a trial match with the Reading U23 side and failed to impress the staff. The club stated that Ridenton played well but he was not what exactly what the team needed.
Ridenton will be now back to Newcastle Jets in Australian A-League for the 2020 part of the season. The club is currently at the bottom of the table and will need a lot from Ridenton to overcome the bad situation.
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