Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bong Kalo | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Tanna Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Tafea | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | Tafea | ||
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Vanuatu U17 | 4 | (0) |
2014– | Vanuatu U20 | 10 | (3) |
2015– | Vanuatu U23 | 7 | (1) |
2015– | Vanuatu | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2017 |
Bong Kalo (born 18 January 1997) is a Vanuatuan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tafea in the Port Vila Football League and the Vanuatu national football team.
Kalo was born on the Island of Tanna but grew up in the Port Vila suburb of Fresh Water. He started playing at Wan Smol Bag Futsal court. When he was 12 he joined Teouma Academy, the national football academy of Vanuatu.
Kalo joined Tafea in 2012. From the beginning he was an important member of the team winning several trophies with the club. He featured in the OFC Champions League twice, in 2014 and 2015. So far he has played 6 matches in the Champions League in which he scored one goal, a penalty kick in a 3–1 loss against AS Magenta from New Caledonia.
In 2013 Kalo was called up to play in the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship on home soil. 1–1 draws against Papua New Guinea and Fiji, a 2–1 loss against New Zealand, and two 3–1 victories against the Cook Islands and New Caledonia were not enough to top the group and to qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.