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Maritino Nemani

マリティノ・ネマニ　/　まりてぃの・ねまに

American rugby union player

May 25, 1991 (age 35)　・　Fiji, United States

rugby union player

My Take

Nemani is the kind of athlete I find quietly compelling precisely because the record is thin. A Fiji-born winger who carried an American footballing identity while plying his trade in New Zealand for the Chiefs and Bay of Plenty, he embodies the beautiful, borderless logic of Pacific rugby. I picture the trademark island footwork: the half-step, the gather, the sudden burst down the touchline. We celebrate the headline names, but it's wingers like Nemani, doing the unglamorous chasing and the rare electric break, who give the game its texture. I respect a career spent letting the work on the pitch speak for itself.

Overview

Maritino Nemani (born 25 May 1991) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is as a winger. He plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and Bay of Plenty in the ITM Cup.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Maritino Nemani
Name (Japanese): マリティノ・ネマニ
Reading: まりてぃの・ねまに
Born: May 25, 1991 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Goat
Origin: Fiji, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 181 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Sacred Heart College, Auckland

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B

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