Kavaia Rawaqa (born 20 September 1990) is a Fijian

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 ...

who plays as a defender for Fijian club Lautoka and the Fiji national team.

Club career

Rawaqa started his career with

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. After he played for Lautoka,

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, again Labasa, he now plays for Lautoka. With the club, he won the

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International career

In 2012 Rawaqa was called up for the

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. Fiji reached the final but lost by 1 goal to nil against

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. Rawaqa didn't play in the final and semi-final but he was in the starting line up in all three group games against the

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(2–0 win),

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(7–1 win) and

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(2–1 win). In 2017 Rawaqa was called up by coach Christophe Gamel for the

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. He made his debut on 27 March 2017, in a 2–0 loss to

when he played the whole game as a left back.

References

Living people 1990 births Fijian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Fiji men's international footballers Nadi F.C. players Labasa F.C. players Lautoka F.C. players {{Fiji-footy-bio-stub