Azariah Soromon (born 1 March 1999) is a

Ni-Vanuatu Ni-Vanuatu (informally abbreviated Ni-Van) is a large group of closely related Melanesians, Melanesian ethnic groups native to the island country of Vanuatu. As such, ''Ni-Vanuatu'' are a mixed ethnolinguistic group with a shared ethnogenesis tha ...

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who plays as a

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for Fijian club Suva F.C and the Vanuatu national team.

Club career

Soromon started his career in the national

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. In 2015 he joined his hometown club Tupuji Imere. In January 2018 he moved to Nalkutan to play for them in the 2018 OFC Champions League. In September 2018, Soromon joined

New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship ( mi, Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a m ...

side

Southern United FC Southern United, previously known as Otago United, is a semi-professional football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Founded in 2004, they play their home games at the Logan Park and Forsyth Barr Stadium. It is the southernmost football club ...

. He made his league debut for the club on 26 January 2019 in a 0-0 draw with

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

, coming on as an 89th minute substitute for Abdulla Al-Kasily. In 2021 he played for Suva.

National team

In 2017 Soromon was called up for the

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. He made his debut on 23 November 2017, in a 1–0 loss against

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. He came on in the 66 minute of play for Tony Kaltack. He scored his first senior international goal on 2 December 2017 in a 2-1 victory over

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at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Vanuatu's goal tally first.''

Private life

Two family members of Azariah play for the Vanuatu women's national football team:

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and Emilia Taravaki.

References

External links

Profile at FOX Sports
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