Malakai fekitoa biography examples

Tongan rugby union player

Rugby player

Malakai Fonokalafi Fekitoa (born 10 May 1992) is a Tongan professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for United Rugby Championship club Benetton and the Tonga national team.^[1]

Early life

Fekitoa was born in Haʻapai, Tonga.

The son of a carpenter and Meleane Fekitoa, he is the eighth of eight boys and seven girls.^[2] After playing for Tonga 7s on a tour of New Zealand, he was offered a rugby scholarship and enrolled at Wesley College.^[3][4]

Club career

Fekitoa made his debut for Auckland in the ITM Cup in 2012,^[3] making 12 appearances and scoring 3 tries,^[5] and was signed by the Blues for the 2013 season.^[6][7][8] However, he only made one appearance in 2013 for the Blues against France,^[9] and signed with the Highlanders for the 2014 Super Rugby season.^{[10][11][12][13}