Manuarii Hauata (born March 17, 1994) is a

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 ...

playing for

A.S. Central Sport Association Sportive Central Sport, is a association football, football club from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Honours Tahiti Ligue 1 *Champions (21): 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, ...

and the

Tahiti national football team The Tahiti national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Tahiti'') represents French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The team consists of a selection of players from French Polynesia, not just ...

Key International Matches

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

quarter-final vs Fiji U-23'' At the

football playoff to reach the semi-finals,

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 ...

an Manuarii got booked twice and was given a red card. Meanwhile, despite his red card, Tahiti drew that match with 9 players ( Thibaut Pito was also booked twice) resulting in their guaranteed place in the semi-finals. ''

group stage- vs FS Micronesia U-23'' Hauata scored a hat trick in Tahiti's record 30–0 decimation of the

Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team The Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team, nicknamed the Four Stars, is the national U-23 football team representing the Federated States of Micronesia and is controlled by the Federated States of Micronesia Football Assoc ...

at the

. ''

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) The Oceanian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). A total of 0.5 slots (i.e. 1 i ...

match- vs

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

Made his professional international debut when put on for No.18 Tefai Faehau in the 81st minute, playing a mere 9 minutes.

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* * 1994 births Living people Tahiti men's international footballers French Polynesian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders {{FrenchPolynesia-footy-bio-stub