Iosefo Verevou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iosefo Verevou[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Naselai, Rewa, Fiji | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rewa | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rewa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011– | Rewa | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Fiji U-17 | 8 | (6) |
| 2015 | Fiji U-20 | 3 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Fiji U-23 | 8 | (5) |
| 2015– | Fiji | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 September 2015. | |||
Iosefo Verevou (born 5 January 1996) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a forward for Rewa in the national football league.
Early Career
Verevou started playing football at an early age and was a star football player for his high school team Saraswati College in Nausori.
He came up through the Rewa FC youth system and made his first team debut at the age of 14.[2] With this feat he became one of the youngest ever players to play for a semi-professional football team in Fiji.
International career
Verevou was a member of Fiji's U-20 national team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. During the tournament, He scored with a header in a 1-8 defeat to Germany and did a well performed dance to celebrate it (which he redid when he scored another goal at the tournament) and also scored a goal in a 3-0 victory over Honduras.[3]
On 7 November 2015, He made his senior debut for the national team in their friendly match against Vanuatu.[4]
On 16 July 2016, Verevou was named in Fiji's 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
Honours
Club
- Rewa
Individual
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 5. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ "Verevou set to go". Fiji Times. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Fiji U20s shock 3-0 victory over Honduras". Radio New Zealand. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ "Fiji draws first match". Fiji Football Association. 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Fiji U23 Soccer team to Rio named". Fiji Village. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ "Rewa claim BOG crown". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 August 2015.
- ↑ "Verevou is Sportsman of the Year". Fijilive. 16 April 2015.
External links
- Iosefo Verevou – FIFA competition record
- Iosefo Verevou profile at Soccerway
- Iosefo Verevou at National-Football-Teams.com
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