Eddy Etaeta (born 1 June 1970[1]) is a football manager and former player from Tahiti in French Polynesia. He is best known within Oceania for coaching the Tahiti national team to their 2012 OFC Nations Cup title, and is known worldwide for coaching the team during their 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup campaign.
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| Date of birth | 1 June 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tahiti, French Polynesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1998 | Tahiti | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Tahiti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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International career
editEtaeta played international football for the Tahiti national team and participated in two OFC zone qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup. The first of these was for the 1994 World Cup, in which Etaeta made his international debut in the game against the Solomon Islands on 9 October 1992 in Papeete, Tahiti. The Tahitians won 4–2, and ended up in second place in their group, missing out on qualification. The second qualification tournament was for the 1998 World Cup, which Etaeta played three games which were 5–0 and 2–0 losses to Australia ( 13 and 19 June 1997) and a 1–1 draw with the Solomon Islands (21 June 1997). Etaeta retired from international football in 1998.
Coaching career
editIn mid-2010 Etaeta was hired by the Tahitian Football Federation to manage the national team. His first tournament as manager was the 2011 Pacific Games. Tahiti ended up finishing a respectable 3rd, winning the bronze medal. However, Etaeta's real success came in 2012, when his Tahiti team won the 2012 OFC Nations Cup in Honiara in the Solomon Islands, the first time they had ever won the tournament.[2][3] This success meant Tahiti went on to represent the OFC at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup,[2] where they went out in the Group Stages.
In 2015 he moved to France, where he coached for the Occitanian regional league.[2]
Career statistics
edit| Tahiti national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 4¿ | 0 |
- ¿: Eddy played a total of 5 games for Tahiti. The 5th game could have been any time between 1992 and 1998.
Personal life
editEddy is married and has two sons.
He also has at least one sibling, Eric Etaeta, who also played international football for Tahiti.
Honours
editAs Player
editTahiti
- OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 1996[4]
As a manager
editTahiti
- OFC Nations Cup: 2012[5]
- Pacific Games: 3rd place 2011[6]
References
edit- ^ "Eddy Etaeta". Goal.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Football – Focus sur Eddy Etata : Cadre régional après quatre années en métropole" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ James Montague (20 June 2013). "A win? a few goals would be terrific". New York Times – via Gale OneFile.
- ^ "Oceania Nations Cup 1996". Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Oceania Nations Cup 2912". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Football at the 2011 Pacific Games-Tahiti Squad". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
External links
edit- Eddy Etaeta at National-Football-Teams.com
