Narendra Rao
Fijian footballer
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Junior Narendra Rao (born 27 June 1995) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ba in the Fiji National Football League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Narendra Junior Rao | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Fiji | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ba | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | Ba | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Fiji U-17 | 4 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Fiji U-20 | 12 | (1) |
| 2017– | Fiji | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 December 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 September 2017 | |||
Rao was educated at FSC Primary School and Ba Sangam College.[1]
Career
International career
Rao made his debut in the Fiji jersey at the 2011 OFC U-17 Championship. This tournament was unsuccessful for Fiji as they managed to win only one time, a 9–0 victory against American Samoa. Rao managed to score two goals himself. After the U17's Rao went on to play with U20's, something that turned out to be a little bit more successful. In 2013 they only managed a second spot, however at the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship they reached the first place. This meant that they had qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. It was the first time that Fiji had qualified for a FIFA event. Rao played all games at the U20 World Cup, including in Fiji's historical 3–0 victory against Honduras.[3] In August 2017 he was called up for the Fijian national football team for two friendly matches in Indonesia. He made his debut on September 2, 2017 in a 0-0 draw against the Indonesia national football team.[4]
In July 2019 he was one of three players suspended for failing to turn up to the training camp to prepare for the 2019 Pacific Games.[5]
