Ati Kepo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ati Kepo | ||
Date of birth | 15 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Papua New Guinea | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hekari United | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Hekari United | ||
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Papua New Guinea | 23 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2024 |
Ati Kepo (born 15 January 1996) is a Papua New Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hekari United and the Papua New Guinea national team.
Club career
[edit]Kepo is from the village of Kalo in the Rigo District.[1] He represented his village's team at the Hekari Central Cup and was scouted, along with two of his brothers, to join Hekari United.[1][2]
International career
[edit]Kepo debuted internationally with the Papua New Guinea national team on 8 July 2019 in a friendly match against Samoa in a 6-0 victory in which he scored.
Kepo was again called up on 18 March 2022 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against New Zealand in a 1–0 defeat. It was his first cap after four years. On 24 March 2022, Kepo scored for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in a 2–1 victory, advancing his team to the final stage to face the Solomon Islands in which he scored another goal, resulting a 3–2 defeat.[3][4][5]
On 16 June 2023, Kepo scored his first goal against an Asian opponent, Singapore which resulted in a 2–2 draw at the Singapore National Stadium.
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 July 2019 | J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | ![]() |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2019 Pacific Games |
2. | 24 March 2022 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 27 March 2022 | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–3 | ||
4. | 24 September 2022 | Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 MSG Prime Minister's Cup |
5. | 16 June 2023 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
6. | 23 November 2023 | Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2023 Pacific Games |
7. | 22 June 2024 | HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 | 2024 OFC Nations Cup |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kepo siblings to debut". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Isimeli, Tasminnie (19 February 2023). "Kepo brotheers look forward to OFC Champions League". PNG Haus Bung. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Fiji out of Oceania Qualifiers after going down to PNG 2-1". Fijivillage. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™". FIFA. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "PNG Kapuls bows out of FIFA World Cup in Qatar". Papua New Guinea Today (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Ati Kepo at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
- Papua New Guinean men's soccer players
- Papua New Guinea men's international soccer players
- Men's association football forwards
- Hekari United F.C. players
- 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup players
- Oceanian association football biography stubs
- Papua New Guinean football biography stubs