Tuiyo Evei is a Papua New Guinean former professional

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footballer who represented

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at the 1995 World Cup.

Playing career

Evei first represented

in 1988 against

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. He went on to play in eleven test matches for Papua New Guinea. In 1993 he was part of the Goroka Lahanis side that defeated the

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to win the

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grand final for the first time. In 1995 he was part of Papua New Guinea's

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campaign, playing in one match at the tournament. He died in 1998 in a car accident.Buko is dead
''Post Courier'', 23 January 2002

References

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