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Setareki Hughes

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Setareki Hughes
Personal information
Full name Setareki Waganitoga Hughes[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Bua, Fiji
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rewa
Number 8
Youth career
Rewa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Rewa
2015–2018 Suva
2018–2025 Rewa
2026– Bula FC 0 (0)
International career
2011 Fiji U-17 4 (0)
2013–2015 Fiji U-20 8 (0)
2016 Fiji U-23 3 (0)
2016– Fiji 54 (3)
Fiji Futsal
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Fiji
OFC U-20 Championship
Winner2014 Fiji
Runner-up2013 Fiji
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Samoa
Bronze medal – third place2023 Solomon Islands
Pacific Mini Games
Silver medal – second place2017 Vanuatu
MSG Prime Minister's Cup
Runner-up2024 Solomon Islands
Third place2022 Vanuatu
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2025

Setareki Waganitoga Hughes (born 8 June 1995) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bula FC in the OFC Professional League.

International career

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Hughes was selected for the Fiji national under-20 team to compete at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in May 2015. he played in all three of Fiji's group matches against Germany, Honduras and Uzbekistan.

On 28 May 2016, he made his senior debut for the national team at the 2016 OFC Nations Cup in their 3–1 loss against New Zealand.

He was then also selected as part of the Fiji under-23 team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 2019, he was selected for the 2019 Pacific Games. Fiji won a bronze medal.

International goals

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Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first.[3]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 July 2019National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa American Samoa1–09–02019 Pacific Games
2.19 June 2024HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji Samoa1–09–12024 OFC Nations Cup
3.5–1

Honours

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Player

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Fiji

Fiji U20

Individual

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  • 2016 Fiji Footballer of the Year[18]

Private life

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Setareki's brother, Bruce Hughes is also a footballer who plays for Suva as well as Fiji U-20.

References

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  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 5. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. "Football team named". FBC TV. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. "Setareki Hughes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. The Fiji Times. "2019 Pacific Games: Fiji men's win bronze in football competition". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  5. Fiji Football Association. "Winning start for Fiji football teams". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  6. The Fiji Times. "17th Pacific Games, Fiji football men's side win bronze". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  7. Fiji Football Association. "DIGICEL Fiji National Men's Football Team Reveals Captains and Final Squad for Pacific Games". Facebook. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  8. The Fiji Times. "Silver for football". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  9. Oceania Football Confederation. "2017 Pacific Mini Games - Men". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  10. FBC News. "Bula Boys settle for second best". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  11. "Fiji national football team players for 2024 MSG Prime Minister's Cup". Facebook. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  12. Football in Oceania. "PNG win Melanesia Cup". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  13. Fiji Football Association. "National squad named". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  14. "OFC U-20 Championship, Fiji 2014-Squads List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  15. "Fiji create football history". Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  16. "Kiwi duo add to accolades". Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  17. Fiji Football Association. "Squad for OFC U-20 Playoffs". Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  18. PRAVIN NARAIN (14 March 2017). "Hughes: 2016 Footballer of the Year". Fiji Times.
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