Christopher Wasasala (born 31 December 1994) is a

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

an footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fijian club Labasa and the

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Club career

Before joining Labasa Wasasala played his youth football with Labasa Muslim College. In 2012, at the age of 17, he joined Labasa Youth before making his debut for the first team in 2013. In 2017 he moved to

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. In January 2018, he moved back to Labasa. In January 2018 he was called as one of the eleven biggest talents in Oceania according to OceaniaFC.com

National team

In 2015 Wasasala was called up for the

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to take part in the Four Nation’s Friendship Cup, where he won the golden boot by scoring two goals, and the

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

. The Pacific games were a huge success for Fiji. Not only because they won by 38 goals to nil against the Federated States of Micronesia but also because they won the games in the final after penalty's against Vanuatu which meant that Fiji had qualified for the

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for the first time in history. In January and February 2016, Wasasala joined the Fiji team for a preparation tour in Spain. After the tour however it was announced that Wasasala was not part of the final squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Wasasala made his debut for the Fiji national football team on May 25, 2017, in a 1–1 draw against the Solomon Islands. In 2019, he was selected for the

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. Fiji won a bronze medal.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Wasasala hails from Nadawa,

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and besides football is part of the Fiji Military Airforce.

References

Fijian men's footballers Labasa F.C. players Lautoka F.C. players Fiji men's international footballers Living people 1994 births Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Fiji-footy-bio-stub