Marama Vahirua’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Association football player from Tahiti
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From France 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 12 May 1980, Papeete, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, France
Age: 40 years
Stats
Height: 168

Marama Vahirua (born 12 May 1980) is a retired Tahitian footballer who played as a forward. He is also technical director of the Tahitian Football Federation.

Club career

Vahirua started his career at the famed youth academy of Nantes, winning several honors including a Ligue 1 championship. Vahirua became known for being a “super sub” in the 2000/01 championship season as he often scored goals coming on as a substitute. His goal celebration was to mimic rowing a kayak, a tribute to his Tahitian roots. 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.

International career

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.

He earned his first full cap for Tahiti on 17 June 2013 against Nigeria in a 6–1 losing effort at the Confederations Cup. He played the first 70 minutes of the game, setting up Tahiti’s first goal of the tournament with a corner. After the tournament, Vahirua announced his retirement from the professional game, considering that he was leaving at the pinnacle of his career.

Personal life

His cousin, Pascal Vahirua, is a former French international.

Honours

Club

  • Division 1: 2000–01
  • Coupe de France: 1998–99, 1999–2000
  • Super Ligue Mana: 2013–14

Individual

  • Oceania Footballer of the Year: 2005
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