Ratu Savenaca Nakalevu (born 7 March 1994) is a

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who plays as a

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for Ba in the

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Club career

Nakalevu came through the youth ranks of Rewa and made his debut for the club in 2012. In 2018 he moved to Ba to play in the

2018 OFC Champions League The 2018 OFC Champions League was the 17th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club association football, football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the 12th season under the current OFC ...

International career

Nakalevu was part of the Fiji national under-23 team for the

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. He played in all three of Fiji's group matches against

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and

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. On 26 June 2016, he made his senior debut for the

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in their friendly match against

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* * 1994 births Living people Fiji men's international footballers Rewa F.C. players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Fiji Fijian men's footballers People from Tailevu Province Men's association football midfielders {{Fiji-footy-bio-stub