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Commins Menapi Personal information Full name Commins Menapi Date of birth September 18, 1977 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 2009Commins Menapi (born September 18, 1977) is a Solomon Islands striker, who is currently a Marist FC player.
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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
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- Solomon Islands footballers
- Solomon Islands international footballers
- Ba FC players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Sydney United players
- Solomon Islands expatriates in New Zealand
- Waitakere United players
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- YoungHeart Manawatu players
- Expatriate soccer players in New Zealand
- Nelson Suburbs players
- Expatriate footballers in Fiji
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