Epeli Lairoti
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| Full name | Epeli Lairoti | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fiji | ||||||||||||||||
| Positions | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Suva | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2012 | Ba | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Ba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Suva | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Fiji | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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Epeli Lairoti, sometimes spelled Leiroti, (born 3 June 1995) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Fijian club Suva and the Fiji national team.[1]
Club career
Lairoti started his career with Ba. After failing to break into the first team he moved Suva in 2015
National team
In 2017 Lairoti was called up by coach Christophe Gamel for the Fiji national football team. He made his debut on September 2, 2017, in a 0–0 draw against Indonesia. He came in for Narendra Rao in the 90th minute of play.
In 2023 he was called up again by Robert Sherman for the national team in preparation for the 2023 Pacific Games.[2]
Honours
Fiji
- Pacific Games: Bronze Medalist, 2023[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Epeli Lairoti". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ↑ "DIGICEL Fiji National Men's Football Team Reveals Captains and Final Squad for Pacific Games". Fiji Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ The Fiji Times. "17th Pacific Games, Fiji football men's side win bronze". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ Fiji Football Association. "DIGICEL Fiji National Men's Football Team Reveals Captains and Final Squad for Pacific Games". Facebook. Retrieved 22 April 2026.