Pascal Vairua ( French: Pascal Vahirua ; March 9, 1966, Papeete ) - French Polynesian, soccer player, midfielder.
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| Born | March 9, 1966 (53 years old) Papeete , French Polynesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 173 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Pascal Vairua began performing in the youth squads of Polynesian clubs, at the age of 16 he moved to France, where he began playing for the youth of the Auxerre club, whose coach Guy Roux began to slowly bring the talented player to the base of the team. In 1985, Vairua won the Gambardella Cup, which is the national championship of France among youth teams, and a year later he began to be involved in games in the club’s main team, together with his partner in the youth team Eric Cantona . Vairua quickly won a place at the heart of the team, and after several seasons he was called up to the French team. “Auxerre” during the years of performances in it, Vairua was not enough small, to win the French championship - twice (1991, 1994) he was third and three times took fourth place (1987, in 1992, 1995), in April 1993 he “ Auxerre ”reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup , in which he lost on penalties Dortmund“ Borussia ” . In 1994, Vairua won his first trophy - the French Cup . In 1995, Vairua lost a solid place at the heart of the team, having spent only half of the Auxerre matches and left the club at the end of the season.
Vairua moved to Caen , flying to the second French division. However, a year later Kan entered the first league, but then the club again flew into the second division and during the times of Vairua no longer rose higher. In 1999, Vairua moved to [the Greek Atromitos , where he spent 2 seasons, then played for the Tour and the semi-amateur club Stud Acerua . And Vairua completed his career in the double “Auxerre”, while receiving a coaching education.
In the French national team, Vairua made his debut on January 21, 1990 in a match against Kuwait , on March 25, 1992, Vairua scored his first and only goal in the national team against Belgium, and in the same year, head coach Michel Platini took the player to the European Championship , where Vairua spent two games with Sweden and Denmark , but only in time in each match. In total, the national team of Vairua spent 22 matches.
Achievements
- French Cup Winner (1): 1993/94