Christopher Wasasala
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Frances Wasasala[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Fiji | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bula FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Labasa | 13 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Lautoka | 1 | (2) |
| 2018 | Labasa | 6 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Suva | 28 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Labasa | 57 | (26) |
| 2026– | Bula FC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Fiji U23 | 8 | (11) |
| 2017– | Fiji | 19 | (9) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 December 2025 | |||
Christopher Wasasala (born 31 December 1994) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fijian club Bula FC and the Fiji national team.[2][3]
Club career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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 | File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2017 Pacific Mini Games |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 7–0 | |||||
| 4. | 8–0 | |||||
| 5. | 9 December 2017 | File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 6. | 10 July 2019 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2019 Pacific Games |
| 7. | 8–0 | |||||
| 8. | 15 July 2019 | File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu | 4–1 | 10–1 | ||
| 9. | 8–1 | |||||
| 10. | 30 September 2022 | Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 MSG Prime Minister's Cup |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Wasasala hails from Nadawa, Suva and besides football is part of the Fiji Military Airforce.[5]
References
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