Epeli Saukuru
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| Date of birth | 4 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Rewa | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Ba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Rewa | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2018 | Lautoka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Rewa | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Fiji | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Fiji (beach soccer) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Epeli Saukuru (born 4 August 1988) is a Fijian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rewa, the Fiji national football team and the Fiji national beach soccer team.
Saukuru started his career with Nadroga, but in June 2008 transferred to Navua for a $10,000 fee.[1][2] In 2009 he had planned to stay with Navua,[3] but was exchanged with Rewa a month later.[4] In May 2010 he was suspended for two matches and fined after being red carded for dangerous tackling during a match against Suva.[5][6]
In January 2018 he moved to Lautoka to play with them in the 2018 OFC Champions League.[7] and later than year, he returned to Rewa.
International career
Saukuru made his international debut for the Fiji on 25 March 2017. In a 2–0 defeat against New Zealand he played the whole match. Saukuru has scored two goals: in a 1–1 draw against the Solomon Islands and in a 2–1 loss against New Caledonia.
Personal life
Saukuru has a younger brother, Iosefo Verevou, who is also a football player.[8]
