Koriak Upaiga
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| Full name | Koriak Upaiga | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Hekari United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Hekari United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Sunshine Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Hekari United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Marist | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Hekari United | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Papua New Guinea | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 July 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Koriak Upaiga (born 13 June 1987) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a defender for PRK Hekari United.[2]
International career
International goals
- Scores and results list Papua New Guinea's goal tally first.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 June 2016 | Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 6–0 | 8–0 | 2016 OFC Nations Cup | |
| 2. | 18 July 2019 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 7–0 | 8–0 | 2019 Pacific Games |
Honours
Papua New Guinea
- OFC Nations Cup: runner-up, 2016[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Profile of K. Upaiga". footballcritic.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- 1 2 "Koriak Upaiga". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "2016 OFC Nations Cup - Final". Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ↑ "Home advantage vital for PNG". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Papua New Guinean men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- PNG Hekari FC players
- Sunshine Coast FC players
- 2012 OFC Nations Cup players
- 2016 OFC Nations Cup players
- Papua New Guinean expatriate men's soccer players
- Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- People from the Western Highlands Province
- Papua New Guinea men's international soccer players
- Marist F.C. players
- Papua New Guinean football biography stubs