Cema Nasau

Cema Nasau
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-15) 15 November 1999 (age 24)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ba (9)
International career‡
2017 Fiji U20 5 (4)
2018– Fiji 23[1][2][3][4] (26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024

Cema Nasau (born 15 November 1999) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ba FC and the Fiji women's national team.

Nasau is from Koroqaqa in Ba Province and plays for Ba F.C.[5] She started playing football in 2015.[6] In 2016 she was part of the Fiji women's national under-17 football team for the 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship.[7] In 2017 she was part of the Fiji women's national under-20 football team for the 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship.[8] In 2018 she was selected for the Fiji women's national football team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[9] In 2019 she was part of the team which won bronze at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.[10]

In 2022 she won the golden boot and golden ball awards in the Women’s Inter-District Championship.[11] During the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup she won two player of the match awards,[12] as well as best player of the tournament.[13][14]

In 2023 she will move to the Babasiga Lionesses.[11]

  1. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ Paulini Curuqara (2 March 2022). "Nasau misses mum, hails dad". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Nasau Back On Oceania's Score Sheet". Fiji Sun. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2022. Nasau only discovered her passion for football two years ago
  7. ^ "Sport: PNG close in on U17 football semis as Vanuatu stay alive". RNZ. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Sport: Fiji footballers dedicate performance to former teammate". RNZ. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Sport: Fiji and NZ into Women's Nations Cup final". RNZ. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Fiji Women's soccer team take bronze at Pacific Games". Fiji Village. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Nasau's win for dad, siblings". Fiji Times. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  12. ^ Krishneel Nair (27 July 2022). "Cema Nasau is a very special player – Cole". Fiji Village. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Nasau is best player". Fiji Football Association. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Nasau wins Golden Ball in Nations Cup". Fiji Village. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.