Geoffrey Strickland (born 17 June 1986) in the
Cook Islands
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is a
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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. He currently plays for
Tupapa Maraerenga in the
Cook Islands Round Cup
Tower Insurance Premiership is the top division of the Cook Islands Football Association in Cook Islands. The winner qualifies for the OFC Champions League.
Current champions
Nikao Sokattak F.C. won the 2021 Tower Insurance Premiership.
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and the
Cook Islands national football team
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.
Club career
Strickland has played his whole career with Tupapa Maraerenga. However, in 2014, when he was trialing for the Cook Islands men's national team he suffered a serious hip injury which kept him away from playing for a long while. Strickland did not play any football until 2017. In 2018 he won the
2018 OFC Champions League Qualifying Stage with his club, which meant they qualified for the head-tournament in Vanuatu. In Group A they faced the
Toti City Dwellers,
Nalkutan and
Ba. Tupapa lost their three group games and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.
References
1986 births
Living people
Cook Islands men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Cook Island men's footballers
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