Tevita Waranaivalu (born 16 September 1995) is a Fijian

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who plays as an

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for

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in the Fiji National Football League.

Early career

Waranaivalu started playing football at an early age and was a football player for his high school team Saraswati College in

Nausori Nausori () is a town in Fiji. It had a population of 57,866 at the 2017 census. This makes it the fourth most populous municipality in the country. Situated 19 kilometers outside of Suva, it forms one pole of the burgeoning Suva-Nausori corrid ...

. He came up through the Rewa FC youth system and made his first-team debut at the age of 18 in 2013. In January 2018 he moved to Suva.

International career

Waranaivalu was a member of Fiji's U-20 national team at the

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. It was the first time that Fiji had qualified for a FIFA event. During the tournament, he played all in three games, including in the historical 3–0 victory over Honduras. Waranaivalu made his debut for the

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in a 5–0 victory against

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on August 19, 2015. He was also part of the Fijian team at the

2016 OFC Nations Cup The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was played between 28 May and 11 Jun ...

. On 16 July 2016, Waranaivalu was named in Fiji's 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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International goals

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* * * * 1995 births Living people Fijian men's footballers Rewa F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Fiji men's international footballers 2016 OFC Nations Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Fiji People from Nausori {{Fiji-footy-bio-stub