Commins Menapi

Commins Menapi
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-09-18)18 September 1977
Place of birth Lata, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands[1]
Date of death 18 November 2017(2017-11-18) (aged 40)
Place of death Honiara, Solomon Islands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Marist 8 (15)
1999–2000 Nelson Suburbs 3 (0)
2000–2003 Sydney United 66 (19)
2003 Marist 0 (0)
2004–2006 JP Su'uria 0 (0)
2006–2007 YoungHeart Manawatu 21 (12)
2007–2008 Waitakere United 39 (21)
2008–2010 Marist
2011 Bundaberg Spirit
2012–2013 Marist
2013 Western United
International career
2000–2009 Solomon Islands 37 (34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Commins Menapi (18 September 1977 – 18 November 2017) was a Solomon Islands football player and manager who played as a striker.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] As manager of Western United, he guided the club to their its and only Telekom S league title in the 2014–15 season.

  1. ^ "Soccer: Wisdom of Solomon to help with scoring goals". The New Zealand Herald. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Solomons football legend Menapi remembered". rnz.co.nz.
  3. ^ "Tributes flow across the Pacific for Solomon Islands legend Commins Menapi". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ^ "The life and death of Commins Menapi – Solomon Islands' greatest goalscorer".
  5. ^ "Menapi hunted". stuff.co.nz.
  6. ^ "Commins Menapi dead at 40". stuff.co.nz.
  7. ^ "Commins Menapi – NZ Herald article".
  8. ^ "Soccer boys go from rags to riches". stuff.co.nz.