Marama Vahirua
Marama Vahirua ( born May 12, 1980 in Papeete in Tahiti, French Polynesia ) is a French- Tahitian football player and Technical Manager of the Tahitian Football Federation.
Club career
The striker comes from a very football affine family: his father Bernard coached the 2007 Oceania Cup participants Temanava from the island of Moorea, and his cousin Pascal Vahirua drew it - as Marama - even as a youth to the athletic training sake from Tahiti to France. One of his uncle is former French Polynesian football players and coaches Erroll Bennett, whose sons Naea Bennett and Steven Bennett are also active as a player.
Unlike Pascal, it took Marama Vahirus but in the training center of the FC Nantes. In April 1999, it put the Canaris - so the common name of yellow -clad Frenchman West - for the first time in a league game. He was also appointed to the Early coached at that time by Raymond Domenech French U-21 national team ( " espoir "). In Nantes he remained until 2004; He scored there in 111 Ligue 1 games and 28 in 13 matches in the UEFA Cup or the Champions League three hits. He was more the type of " fellow " striker, who often acted as a template for donors scorer. Two of his goals were for FC Nantes even crucial: on 13 May 2000, he scored the winning goal against Le Havre, the Canaris saved a qualification game against relegation. And on 12 May 2001, he managed the only goal in the match against AS Saint- Étienne, which his team winning the league title secured, which his was the only person so far.
In 2004 he moved to OGC Nice; his first two years on the Côte d' Azur ran for Vahirua Mahama, had the coach Frédéric Antonetti retrained to playmaker with the number 10, quite successful: he succeeded in 67 Premier League matches 15 goals. 2006/ 07, however, was rather a weak, marked by momentum swings and problems between players and coaches year. Nevertheless, he scored again to end the season a decisive goal, this time against Paris Saint- Germain, the Nice finally rid of all relegation worries.
In summer 2007, Mahama Vahirua still followed the call of the Breton FC Lorient, whose coach Christian Gourcuff as the only Erstligacoach the " jeu à la Nantaise ", ie the decades successful offensive concept of FC Nantes, practiced. Obviously feels Vahirua there football and other human again better than last in Nice, after only four games of the season 2007/ 08 had four hits - two " brace " at PSG and home against defending champions Lyon - to his credit. In March 2008, he suffered a hamstring tear, the him seven months out of action set (first league Shortly thereafter use: the local derby on 21 October against Canaris ). At FC Lorient he became one of the most effective assist provider in the league. On the final day of the 2009/10 season Vahirua, who had been cautioned only twice in his entire professional career has been raised for the first time from space - legitimately, as he subsequently admitted himself - and indeed in injury time of his last encounter in the dress of Merlus.
As of July 2010, he was part of the contingent of AS Nancy, who lent him at his own request in August 2011 to the second division club AS Monaco, before it moved to Greece one year. A year later, he decided to end his professional career, since he plays for AS Pirae in Tahiti.
National
In September 2012, he was first appointed to the Tahitian national team came at the time but not used. Beginning in May 2013 he was appointed Eddy Etaeta in the squad of Tahitian national team for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013; at the opening match of the Toa Aito - as "Iron Warrior" the national players are referred to in their home countries - Nigeria (final score 1:6 ) was Marama Vahirua to the starting lineup and gave the presentation to his team 's consolation goal. Vahirua is also in the squad Beach Soccer National Team of French Polynesia.
Achievements
- French Champion: 2001
- League Cup Runners-up: 2006
- Oceania Footballer of the Year: 2005