Kalione Nasoko (born 2 December 1990) is the current captain of the

Fiji national rugby sevens team The Fiji National Rugby Sevens Team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympics. Fiji won the gold medal in the inaugural rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Br ...

to the 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship and the 2018 Dubai Sevens. Nasoko was awarded player of the final at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens Tournament where Fiji beat the South Africa Sevens Team 22-0. Nasoko made his debut for Fiji at the

2016 Dubai Sevens The 2016 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Format The teams are drawn into four pools o ...

Early life

Nasoko grew up on the Island of Yawa Levu, an island formed on a volcanic

ridge A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

at the southern tip of the

Yasawa Yasawa, also called Assawa and Ysava, is the northernmost large island of the Yasawa Group, an archipelago in Fiji's Western Division. Located at 17.00° South and 177.23° East, it covers an area of . It has a maximum altitude of above sea l ...

group of Islands in

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. Nasoko's early education was a
Ratu Naivalu Memorial School
the only school on

Waya Island Waya is an island in the southern part of the Yasawa Islands of Fiji. The island is part of Ba Province in the country's Western Division. Waya lies about from Lautoka Lautoka () is the second largest Local government in Fiji, city in Fij ...

, a two-hour trek along mountainous terrain.

Awards and honours

* A Part of 2017-18 Hamilton 7s Winning Team (Gold Medalist) * A Part of 2017-18 Vancouver 7s Winning Team (Gold Medalist) * A Part of 2017-18 Singapore 7s Winning Team (Gold Medalist) * A Part of 2017-18 Hong Kong 7s Winning Team (Gold Medalist) * A Part of 2017-18 London 7s Winning Team (Gold Medalist) * Player of the Final 2017 Hong Kong Sevens * 2016-17 HSBC World Series Dream Team * 2017-18 HSBC World Series Dream Team * 2017-18 Commonwealth Silver Medalist * 2018 Medal of the Order of Fiji

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasoko, Kalione 1990 births Living people People from Yasawa Rugby union players from Ba Province Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Fiji Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Fijian Drua players Fijian rugby union players Rugby union centres Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games