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Ati Kepo
Personal information
Full name Ati Kepo
Date of birth (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Papua New Guinea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
PNG Hekari
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Hekari United/PNG Hekari
International career
2019– Papua New Guinea 25 (8)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Papua New Guinea
MSG Prime Minister's Cup
Winner2022 Vanuatu
Winner2024 Solomon Islands
Runner-up2025 Papua New Guinea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2024

Ati Kepo (born 15 January 1996) is a Papua New Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for PNG Hekari and the Papua New Guinea national team.

Club career

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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

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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]

International goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 July 2019J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa Samoa6–06–02019 Pacific Games
2.24 March 2022Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Fiji1–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.27 March 2022 Solomon Islands2–32–3
4.24 September 2022Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu Vanuatu1–01–02022 MSG Prime Minister's Cup
5.16 June 2023National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore2–22–2Friendly
6.23 November 2023Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Vanuatu1–01–12023 Pacific Games
7.22 June 2024HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji Samoa2–02–12024 OFC Nations Cup
8.14 November 2024PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Fiji2–13–32026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Papua New Guinea

References

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  1. 1 2 "Kepo siblings to debut". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. Isimeli, Tasminnie (19 February 2023). "Kepo brotheers look forward to OFC Champions League". PNG Haus Bung. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. "Fiji out of Oceania Qualifiers after going down to PNG 2-1". Fijivillage. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. "PNG Kapuls bows out of FIFA World Cup in Qatar". Papua New Guinea Today (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. "PNG win Melanesia Cup". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  7. "The PNG Team 🇵🇬 to MSG Prime Ministers Cup 2022 has been announced!". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  8. "PNG Soccer Team wins 2024 MSG Primer Minister's Cup". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  9. "KAPULS Name Squad for MSG Cup 2024". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  10. "Vanuatu Stun PNG in Port Moresby to Claim First-Ever MSG Cup Crown". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  11. "PNG names side for MSG PM's Cup". Retrieved 17 April 2026.
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