Joël Wakanumuné (born 30 September 1986) is a

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n international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for the New Caledonian side

Magenta Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as pinkish- purplish-red, reddish-purplish-pink or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue. I ...

in the

New Caledonia Super Ligue New Caledonia Super Ligue is the top division of the Fédération Calédonienne de Football in New Caledonia. It is played as a double round robin between the top-4 clubs from the Division Honneur of Grande Terre and the champions of the Îles.

, and the New Caledonia national team. Wakanumuné represented

in ten qualifying matches for the

2014 FIFA World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...

, as well as the

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. He also appeared in the OFC Nations Cup final, in which New Caledonia lost 1-0 to

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...

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"Match Report: Tahiti - New Caledonia 1:0 (1:0)"
June 10, 2012. Retrieved on April 15, 2013. His brother is the footballer Jean-Patrick Wakanumuné, who plays for the New Caledonian club

Gaïtcha FCN Gaïtcha FCN is a New Caledonia Football (soccer), football team playing in the local top division, the New Caledonia Division Honneur. The team is based in Nouméa. Achievements

*New Caledonia Division Honneur: 2 :: 1999, 2013 Football c ...

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* * 1986 births Living people New Caledonian men's footballers Pays d'Aix FC players People from Nouméa New Caledonia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Magenta players AS Mont-Dore players 2012 OFC Nations Cup players 2016 OFC Nations Cup players Chambéry SF players {{NewCaledonia-footy-bio-stub