Manasa Bari (born 27 May, 1974) is a Fijian former

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footballer and currently, coach. He played as

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Career

Bari was first capped

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during the test match against

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on 1 July 1995, in

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. He played thirty matches for Fiji, including eight test matches, one of them being the

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match against

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, on 16 October, being his last international cap. Bari debuted playing for

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in the 1994 Hong Kong Sevens. Two years later, he was called up for the

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, in which the Fijians proved unbeaten by winning the Melrose Cup for the first time. After the tournament, Post Fiji issued a series of stamps commemorating the winning team, which also featured

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, Leveni Duvuduvukula, Inoke Maraiwai, Aminiasi Naituyaga,

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and Lemeki Koroi. Eh also took part to the second stage of the Fijian campaign in the 1999-00 IRB Sevens World Series. Bari worked as a police sergeant. He coached the Police sevens team and other local teams, at International level he is part of the training staff as assistant coach or as manager.

References

External links

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