Moise Poida
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| Date of birth | 2 April 1979[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vanuatu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2015 | Tafea | ? | (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996–2008 | Vanuatu | 21 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Vanuatu U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Tafea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Vanuatu U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Vanuatu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Nalkutan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Ifira Black Bird | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moise Poida (born 2 April 1979)[1][2] is a Vanuatuan football manager and former player.[3] He manages the Vanuatu men's national team and has been a former manager of club side Tafea.[2] Poida has also managed the Vanuatu men's under-20 national team and Vanuatu men's under-23 national team.[2][4] As a player, Poida made 21 appearances for the national team and scored three goals as a winger and midfielder.[3][2][5] At club level, he played for Tafea F.C. for his entire career.[3] In 2008 Poida played for an Oceanian representative side against a team that included members of France's 1998 FIFA World Cup winning team.[6] The game included players such as Zinedine Zidane, Christian Karembeu and Robert Pires.[6][7]
Club career
Poida made his senior football debut in 2001 for Tafea F.C.[3] Playing primarily as a midfielder and winger, he played for the club until the 2014–15 season.[3][2] He won ten league titles in his time at Tafea F.C. with the first coming in the 2001 season.[3]
International career
Poida's first inclusion in the national team squad was in June 2001 for the first round of OFC qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[5] He made his international football debut on 4 June 2001, playing the entire match in a 6–1 loss against Tahiti.[5][8] Poida scored his first international goal for Vanuatu on 12 May 2004, in an OFC first round qualification match for the 2006 FIFA World Cup against American Samoa.[5] Poida was substituted on for Lorry Thompsen in the 55th minute and scored immediately, making the scoreline 4–1 in a match that Vanuatu won 9–1.[9] Poida scored his second and third goals for his country at the 2007 South Pacific Games, with the first coming in the 66th minute of a 4–0 win against Samoa and the second coming in the 19th minute of a 15–0 win against American Samoa.[5][10][11] In total, Poida played 23 games for the national team and he scored three goals.[3] His last international match was in 2008 where the Vanuatuan's won 2–1 against Fiji.[3]
Karembeu Jubilee
On 31 May 2008 an exhibition match was played at Stade Numa-Daly Magenta in Noumea, New Caledonia to celebrate the career of Christian Karembeu, a New Caladonia-born footballer who made 53 appearances for France.[7] Poida played in a team representing Oceania against a team of members of France's squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[7] The French team included players such as Zinedine Zidane, Robert Pires, Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc and Frank Leboeuf.[6][7] Karembeu played minutes for both teams.[7] The French won the game 8–2 with Pires scoring five, Zidane two and Youri Djorkaeff one for the French while Victor Zeoula and Karembeu scored for the Oceanians.[7] After the game Poida said, "I have only dreamed of a moment like this – it will live with me forever."[6] The president of the Vanuatu Football Federation Lambert Maltock said, "I was very emotional to see Moise out there. Everybody knows who Moise is all the kids love him and one day he could be the Vanuatu national team coach. It was a big thrill for everybody to see a Vanuatu player on the same pitch as Zidane, Karembeu, Lebeouf."[6]
International goals
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 12 May 2004 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 5–1 | 9–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2. | 25 August 2007 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2007 South Pacific Games | |
| 3. | 29 August 2007 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 1–0 | 15–0 | 2007 Pacific Games |