Jean-Patrick Wakanumuné (born 13 March 1980) is a

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

n international

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who plays as a defender for

AS Mont-Dore AS Mont-Dore is a New Caledonia football club competing in the local top division, the New Caledonia Division Honneur. The team is based in Le Mont-Dore, a commune in the suburbs of Nouméa, the capital city of the French territory. Honours *Ne ...

in the

New Caledonia Division Honneur The New Caledonian Super League () is the top division of the New Caledonian football league system. It is run by the New Caledonian Football Federation. The league is played as a double round robin between the top-4 clubs from the Division Honne ...

and the New Caledonia national team.

Personal life

His brother is also a footballer,

Joël Wakanumuné Joël Wakanumuné (born 30 September 1986) is a New Caledonian international footballer who plays for the New Caledonian side Magenta in the New Caledonia Super Ligue, and the New Caledonia national team. Wakanumuné represented New Caledonia ...

, who is an international as well.

Honours

New Caledonia *

OFC Nations Cup The OFC Men's Nations Cup, known as the OFC Nations Cup before the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup, 2024 edition, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior list of men's national association football teams, men's natio ...

: runner-up

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References

1980 births Living people New Caledonian men's footballers New Caledonia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders AS Magenta players Hienghène Sport players AS Mont-Dore players 2008 OFC Nations Cup players 2012 OFC Nations Cup players 21st-century French sportsmen {{NewCaledonia-footy-bio-stub