Commins Menapi

Commins Menapi

Personal information
Full name	Commins Menapi
Date of birth	September 18, 1977 (1977-09-18) (age 34)
Place of birth	Solomon Islands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Marist FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Marist FC	8	(15)
1999–2000	Nelson Suburbs	3	(0)
2000–2003	Sydney United	66	(19)
2003	Marist FC	0	(0)
2004–2006	JP Su'uria	0	(0)
2006–2007	YoungHeart Manawatu	21	(12)
2007–2008	Waitakere United	39	(21)
2009–	Marist FC
National team‡
2000–	Solomon Islands	34	(30)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 August 2009

Commins Menapi (born September 18, 1977) is a Solomon Islands striker, who is currently a Marist FC player.

Club career

He has also played for YoungHeart Manawatu in New Zealand, Sydney United of the old National Soccer League in Australia and for Marist FC, a club from the Solomon Islands.

In the 2006-2007 season, he became the first player to be sent off in a New Zealand Football Championship Grand Final with a nasty studs up kick on Auckland City defender Riki van Steeden. Van Steeden's leg was broken in the incident and Waitakere United lost the final 3-2 however, he would not be suspended for the OFC Champions League final against Ba F.C. because of the OFC and New Zealand Football being two separate organizations. Commins has rejoined Solomon Islands team Marist FC^[1][2] after a period spent as a free agent.^[3]

International career

He has represented the Solomon Islands national football team on over 30 occasions, scoring a record 34 goals (including 7 against non-FIFA members). Menapi is arguably the most famous Solomon Islands footballer, after scoring twice for his country against Australia in a sensational 2-2 draw in the Oceania Nations Cup group match in 2004. The result was the only game in the competition that Australia did not win, and the result also ensured Solomon Islands' progression to the next phase at the expense of New Zealand. In that tournament, Menapi scored four goals in six games. these four goals awaken the talent of Solomon soccer within the pacific region, with a population of less than a million. Menapi has been a long time member of the Solomon national team and has contributed much to the development of soccer in the small island country

International Goals

#	Date	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goals
1	21 June 2000	Cook Islands	5 – 1	2000 OFC Nations Cup	1
2	28 June 2000	Vanuatu	2 – 1	2000 OFC Nations Cup	1
3-5	4 June 2001	Cook Islands	9 – 1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	3
6-7	8 June 2001	Vanuatu	7 – 2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	2
8	7 July 2002	Tahiti	2 – 3	2002 OFC Nations Cup	1
9-10	14 June 2003	Papua New Guinea	5 – 3	Friendly	2
11-12	1 July 2003	Vanuatu	2 – 2	2003 South Pacific Games	2
13-17	3 July 2003	Kiribati	7 – 0	2003 South Pacific Games	5*
18-19	5 July 2003	Tuvalu	4 – 0	2003 South Pacific Games	2*
20	7 July 2003	Fiji	1 – 2	2003 South Pacific Games	1
21-22	3 April 2004	Vanuatu	2 – 1	Friendly	2
23	6 April 2004	Vanuatu	2 – 1	Friendly	1
24-25	2 June 2004	Tahiti	4 – 0	2004 OFC Nations Cup	2
26-27	6 June 2004	Australia	2 – 2	2004 OFC Nations Cup	2
28-31	25 August 2007	American Samoa	12 – 1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	4
32-33	27 August 2007	Tonga	4 – 0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	2
34	5 September 2007	New Caledonia	2 – 3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	1

* indicates goals against non-FIFA members

External links

• Player profile - Waitakere club website

References

1. ^ Article about Solomon Islands football
2. ^ Commins Menapi interviewed by Vanuafoot.com
3. ^ Profile on Transfermarkt.de

Persondata
Name	Menapi, Commins
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Short description
Date of birth	1977-09-18
Place of birth	Solomon Islands
Date of death
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