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Viliame Sevaka Mata (born 22 October 1991) is a Fijian rugby union player [1] currently playing for Scotland based United Rugby Championship side Edinburgh Rugby.

Viliame Mata

Birth name	Viliame Sevaka Mata
Date of birth	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth	Nauluvatau, Nakelo, Tailevu, Fiji
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	116 kg (256 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Lock, Number 8 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016– Edinburgh Rugby 101 (75) Correct as of 31 October 2022 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2017– Fiji 19 (25) Correct as of 31 May 2022 National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2013–2016 Fiji 7's 10 (60)
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Fiji Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

He made his debut for Fiji at the 2014 Wellington Sevens.

Since joining Edinburgh Rugby, Mata has been affectionately known as "Big Bill" Mata[2] owing to his power and ability to break through defences.

Career

Mata was born and raised in Nauluvatau, a small village in Nakelo, Tailevu[3] and was selected by Ben Ryan to represent the Fiji sevens team to the 2014 Wellington Sevens as a replacement for Pio Tuwai.[4]

Mata is a former professional rugby league footballer who went on to play for champion local 7's side, Davetalevu.[5] He studied at Suva Grammar School before moving to Ratu Kadavulevu School.[6]

Mata made the final Fiji squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

In July 2016, Mata signed for Pro12 side, Edinburgh for two-years and he joined the side after helping Fiji win Gold at the Olympics [8] but his visa-expired a year later as he was not capped internationally for Fiji and visas for player not capped by Kolpak countries were only for a year, he had to return to Fiji and get capped by the Fiji 15's team. He made his test debut against Australia on June 10 playing off the bench. He played 3 more tests for Fiji off the bench which allowed him to lodge a visa application to extend his visa to Scotland. He returned to Scotland in September 2017 and became a regular starter for the team.

In December 2017, he signed an extension to stay at Edinburgh Rugby until 2020.[9] At the end of the 2018/19 Pro14 season, Mata was named the Guinness PRO14 the Players’ Player of the Season.

References

External links

• Viliame Mata at ESPNscrum
• Viliame Mata at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Viliame Mata at Olympedia
• Viliame Mata at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Mata Zimbio biodata, zimbio.com; accessed 11 September 2017.

На других языках

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- [en] Viliame Mata

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[fr] Viliame Mata

Viliame Mata, né le 22 octobre 1991, est un joueur de rugby à XV et rugby à sept fidjien évoluant en deuxième ligne ou troisième ligne aile en rugby à XV. International fidjien de rugby à sept depuis 2014, il fait partie de l'équipe qui remporte les éditions 2015 et 2016 des World Rugby Sevens Series et de l'équipe qui participe aux Jeux olympiques de Rio. Avec celle-ci, il devient champion olympique.

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[it] Viliame Mata

Viliame Sevaka Mata (Nakelo, 21 ottobre 1991) è un rugbista a 15 figiano, che gioca principalmente nel ruolo di terza linea ala ma può giocare come seconda linea e terza linea centro nel Edimburgo in Pro14. Egli è anche un giocatore di rugby a 7, disciplina in cui rappresenta la nazionale figiana con la quale ha vinto la medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro del 2016.

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[ru] Мата, Вилиаме

Вилиаме Севака Мата (фидж. Viliame Sevaka Mata, родился 22 октября 1991 года) — фиджийский регбист[2], выступающий за клуб «Эдинбург». За сборную Фиджи по регби-7 выступал на этапе Мировой серии по регби-7 2014 года в Веллингтоне, а также стал олимпийским чемпионом 2016 года.

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