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Place of birth
  
Fiji

Name
  
Iosefo Verevou

Position
  
Forward

Years
  
Team

Current team
  
Rewa F.C.

Number
  
9

Height
  
1.87 m

Playing position
  
Forward

Role
  
Footballer


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Full name
  
Iosefo Gerrrard Verevou

Date of birth
  
(1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 19)

Iosefo Verevou (Fiji U-20) highlights


Iosefo Verevou (born 5 January 1996) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a forward for Rewa in the Fiji National Football League.

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Early career

Verevou started playing football at an early age and was a star football player for his high school team Saraswati College in Nausori.

He came up through the Rewa FC youth system and made his first team debut at the age of 14. With this feat he became one of the youngest ever players to play for a semi-professional football team in Fiji.

International career

Verevou was a member of Fiji's U-20 national team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. During the tournament, He scored with a header in a 8-1 defeat to Germany and also scored a goal in a 3-0 victory over Honduras.

On 7 November 2015, He made his senior debut for the national team in their friendly match against Vanuatu.

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

Personal life

  • His elder brother, Epeli Saukuru, is also a footballer who has represented Fiji.
  • Club

    Rewa
  • Battle of the Giants tournament : 2015, 2017
  • Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament : 2017
  • Individual

  • FASANOC Sportsman of the Year : 2015
  • References

    Iosefo Verevou Wikipedia