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Christopher Wasasala (born 31 December 1994) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fijian club Labasa and the Fiji national team.[2][3]

Christopher Wasasala

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Frances Wasasala[1]
Date of birth	(1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth	Fiji
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Labasa
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Labasa		(5)
2017–2018	Lautoka
2018–	Labasa
National team‡
2015–2016	Fiji U23	8	(11)
2017–	Fiji	19	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2019

Club career

Before joining Labasa Wasasala played his youth football with Labasa Muslim College. In 2012, at the age of 17, he joined Labasa Youth before making his debut for the first team in 2013. In 2017 he moved to Lautoka. In January 2018, he moved back to Labasa. In January 2018 he was called as one of the eleven biggest talents in Oceania according to OceaniaFC.com[4]

National team

In 2015 Wasasala was called up for the Fiji national under-23 football team to take part in the Four Nation’s Friendship Cup, where he won the golden boot by scoring two goals, and the 2015 Pacific Games. The Pacific games were a huge success for Fiji. Not only because they won by 38 goals to nil against the Federated States of Micronesia but also because they won the games in the final after penalty's against Vanuatu which meant that Fiji had qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics for the first time in history. In January and February 2016, Wasasala joined the Fiji team for a preparation tour in Spain. After the tour however it was announced that Wasasala was not part of the final squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Wasasala made his debut for the Fiji national football team on May 25, 2017, in a 1–1 draw against the Solomon Islands. In 2019, he was selected for the 2019 Pacific Games. Fiji won a bronze medal.

International goals

Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first.[3]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 December 2017	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu	Tuvalu	1–0	8–0	2017 Pacific Mini Games
2.				2–0
3.				7–0
4.				8–0
5.	9 December 2017		Vanuatu	1–0	1–1
6.	10 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	American Samoa	4–0	9–0	2019 Pacific Games
7.				8–0
8.	15 July 2019		Tuvalu	4–1	10–1
9.				8–1

Personal life

Wasasala hails from Nadawa, Suva and besides football is part of the Fiji Military Airforce.[5]

References

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Christopher Frances Wasasala (31 dicembre 1994) è un calciatore figiano, centrocampista del Labasa.

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