Antonio Tuivuna

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Antonio Tuivuna
Personal information
Full name Antonio Tuivuna
Date of birth (1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Navala, Ba, Fiji
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Dreketi
Number 6
Youth career
Ba Sangam College
Ba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ba
2014–2015 Suva
2015–2016 Nadi
2016–2017 Ba
2017–2018 Labasa
2018– Dreketi
International career
2013–2015 Fiji U-20 10 (2)
2015– Fiji U-23 6 (11)
2015– Fiji 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 Februari 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2017

Antonio Tuivuna (born 20 March 1995) is a Fijian

midfielder for Labasa.

Career

Tuivana advanced through the youth ranks at Ba, making his senior debut in 2012 at the age of seventeen. After two years with the club, he departed on a free transfer to Suva[2] A season later, Tuivana moved to Nadi before moving back to Ba on a $5,000 FJD transfer.[3] In 2017 he moved to the Labasa, known as the Babasiga Lions.[4]

International career

Tuivuna made his debut for the senior team in November 2015 in a 1-1 draw against Vanuatu. Before this he was a member of the U20's and the U23's. With the U20's he won the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. This was the first time that Fiji had qualified for a FIFA World Cup event. Tuivuna played in all three group matches, including in the historical 3-0 victory against Honduras.

International goals

Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first.[5]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 December 2017 Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu  New Caledonia 3–1 4–1
2017 Pacific Mini Games

References

  1. ^ "2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea". GEMS.pro. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Antonio Tuivuna has joined Suva on a free transfer". Fiji Football transfer news. 19 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Nadi wants $5k". Fiji Times. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ "I play for my family says midfielder". Fiji Sun. 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Tuivuna, Antonio". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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