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French association football player (born 1989)

Sylvain Graglia
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Cannes, France
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team A.S. Pirae
Youth career
2008–2009 AS Cannes
2009–2011 FC Antibes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 A.S. Dragon
2015–2017 A.S. Tefana
2017–? A.S. Central Sport (22)
? AS Samine
2020- A.S. Pirae
International career
2016– Tahiti 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:02, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Sylvain Graglia (born 12 April 1989) is a French-born Tahitian footballer who plays as a striker for A.S. Pirae and the Tahiti national football team.

Personal

Graglia is from Cannes in France. He moved to Tahiti in 2011 when his wife, who is a nurse, transferred to a French Polynesian hospital.

Career

Youth

As a youth, Graglia played for FC Antibes and trained with AS Cannes.

Club

Between 2012 and 2014, Graglia played for A.S. Dragon of Tahiti Ligue 1. He competed in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League with the club and scored in a victory against Auckland City. Following his tenure with Dragon, he transferred to fellow-Ligue 1 side A.S. Tefana. With Tefana, he competed in 2014–15 Coupe de France and scored in a seventh round 1–2 defeat to Olympique Noisy-le-Sec. He also competed with the club in the 2017 OFC Champions League and scored in a 4–2 victory over Erakor Golden Star F.C. of Vanuatu. He has also played in Tahiti for AS Samine.

He is part of the squad of A.S. Pirae at 2021´s FIFA Club World Cup.

International career

After living in Tahiti for five years beginning in 2011, Graglia became eligible to represent Tahiti. He made his senior international debut on 7 November 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Solomon Islands. He scored his first two international goals in a 3–1 victory over Papua New Guinea in the same competition on 23 March 2017.

International goals

Score and result list Tahiti's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 March 2017 Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea 1–1 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2–1
Last updated 26 March 2017

International statistics

As of match played 28 March 2017
Tahiti
Year Apps Goals
2016 2 0
2017 2 2
Total 4 2

References

  1. ^ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Les Tahitiens vous saluent bien" (in French). Le Parisien. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. "Crunch time for Dragon and Auckland". SHEFA FA. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. "Auckland City 1 – 3 Dragon". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. "Football – Ligue 1 Vini : Focus sur Sylvain Graglia, attaquant de Tefana" (in French). Fédération Tahitienne de Football.
  6. "Into the unknown as trio debut". Vanuatu Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. "OFC Champions League 2017 - Group D". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. "OFC profile". Oceania Football Confederatiom. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  9. "Carcará Net portuguese".
  10. Jakanduo, Leo. "Tahiti comeback breaks PNG hearts". Papua New Guinea Football. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

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