Marama Vahirua
Vahirua with Lorient in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marama Vahirua | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Papeete, Tahiti | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Pirae | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Pirae | ||
| 1997–1998 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Nantes | 111 | (28) |
| 2004–2007 | Nice | 99 | (19) |
| 2007–2010 | Lorient | 86 | (19) |
| 2010–2013 | Nancy | 25 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | → Monaco (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | → Panthrakikos (loan) | 24 | (5) |
| 2013– | Pirae | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | France U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2013 | Tahiti | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:43, 20 June 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:18, 23 June 2013 (UTC) |
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Marama Vahirua (born 12 May 1980) is a Tahitian footballer who plays as a forward for AS Pirae in the Tahiti First Division. He is also technical director of the Tahitian Football Federation.
Vahirua started his career at the famed youth academy of Nantes, winning several honors including a Ligue 1 championship. He scored a goal in the Champions League when Nantes played against PSV Eindhoven during the 2001–02 season.
He then went to Nice in August 2004, where he enjoyed two spectacular seasons, being reconverted to attacking midfielder in the process. After falling out with coach Frédéric Antonetti, he would leave the club in the Summer of 2007, joining fellow Ligue 1 Lorient. The striker of Lorient announced on 12 May 2010 that he would play the following season with Nancy, and signed a three-year-deal. On 11 August 2011, he joined Ligue 2 side Monaco on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.
On 12 October 2013, he had signed with his hometown club AS Pirae.
Vahirua is a former France under-21 international, being given his chance by former senior team coach Raymond Domenech.
After winning 2012 OFC Nations Cup, Tahiti coach Eddy Etaeta called Vahirua up for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Solomon Islands and New Caledonia on September 2012 and for the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. Vahirua was the only full-time footballer in the mostly semi-professional squad, as well as the only one to play outside Tahiti.
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