Veresa Toma
Fijian footballer
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Veresa Toma (born 26 August 1981) is a retired Fijian footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in Singapore, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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| Full name | Ratu Veresa Toma | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Nadroga | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Gombak United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Olympian Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Bentleigh Greens | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Nadi | 23 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Oakleigh Cannons | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Hekari United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Navua | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Rewa | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2011 | Fiji | 15 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 August 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
He has represented the Fiji national football team and led the all goalscorers with 7 goals at the 2004 OFC Nations Cup.[1]
Private life
Veresa is the brother of Viliame Dawai and the uncle of Fijian U20 captain and Nadi rep. Mataiasi Toma
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toma goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 6 July 2002 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand |  New Caledonia |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2002 OFC Nations Cup | [3] |
| 2 | 7 July 2003 | Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji |  Solomon Islands |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2003 South Pacific Games | [4] |
| 3 | 9 July 2003 | Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji |  Tahiti |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2003 South Pacific Games | [5] |
| 4 | 12 May 2004 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa |  Papua New Guinea |
2–2 | 4–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [6] |
| 5 | 15 May 2004 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa |  American Samoa |
1–0 | 11–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [7] |
| 6 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 7 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 17 May 2004 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa |  Samoa |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [8] |
| 9 | 31 May 2004 | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia |  Vanuatu |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2004 OFC Nations Cup | [9] |
| 10 | 4 June 2004 | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | Solomon Islands |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2004 OFC Nations Cup | [10] |
Honours
Fiji
- Pacific Games: Gold Medalist, 2003[11]
