Asaeli Tuivuaka
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Asaeli Tuivuaka (born 22 December 1995) is a Fijian
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player. His usual position is
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or
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. He currently plays for French Top14 team
Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner Banlieue, suburbs that competes in Top 14. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity Stadium#Types, domed stadium Pa ...
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Personal life

His uncle Setefano Cakau captained Fiji in rugby sevens. His brother Mario Senimoli played rugby sevens for Tabadamu Rugby Club in Fiji but died on the pitch in training in 2011.


Career

In 2017 he was named in Fijian Drua squad for Australian
National Rugby Championship The National Rugby Championship, known as NRC, was an Australian rugby union competition. It was contested by eight teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji. The tournament ran from 2014 until 2019 before being disbanded in 2020 following t ...
. He made his senior international debut in 2019. He was named in the victorious Fiji squad for the
Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 26 July to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Stadium. 24 teams (12 each for men and women) competed in the tournament. The dates were modified due to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 g ...
. For
2021–22 United Rugby Championship The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship was the twenty-first season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the first season that the competition is referred to as the United Rugby Championship ...
he signed for
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. The next season he signed for Paris based club
Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner Banlieue, suburbs that competes in Top 14. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity Stadium#Types, domed stadium Pa ...
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It's Rugby France profile
1995 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fijian rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Fiji Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Fijian Drua players 21st-century Fijian sportsmen Zebre Parma players Rugby union wings Fijian expatriate rugby union players in Italy Racing 92 players Fijian expatriate rugby union players in France Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji Pacific Games medalists in rugby sevens Fiji international rugby sevens players {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub