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Maro Bonsu-Maro

Maro Bonsu-Maro

Cook Islands footballer

Maro Bonsu-Maro (born 26 February 1997) is a Cook Islands footballer who currently plays for Manukau United and the Cook Islands national team.

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Club career

Bonsu-Maro competed in the 2017 OFC Champions League with Puaikura.[1] He scored three goals in the Qualifying Stage.[2] Later that year he joined Central United of the NRFL Premier.[3] The following year he joined another Cook Islands club, Tupapa Maraerenga, and competed in the 2018 OFC Champions League.[4] He went on to score a hattrick against Veitongo of Tonga[5] and a brace against Pago Youth of American Samoa.[6] He went on to score against Papua New Guinea's Lae City in the Group Stage.[7] For the next season he joined Auckland City of the New Zealand Football Championship.[8] He remained with the club through the 2021 season when he joined Manukau United of the Cook Islands Round Cup.[9]

International

Bonsu-Maro represented the Cook Islands, the country of his mother's birth, at the youth level.[8] He was part of the squad that competed in the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship in Vanuatu.[1] He scored two goals in the team's opening match against Tonga.[10] In 2019 he was included in the under-20 squad for the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship but ultimately did not compete.[3]

In March 2022 Bonsu-Maro was included in the Cook Islands senior squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[11]

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Personal

Bonsu-Maro was born in Auckland, New Zealand to a Pukapukan mother and a Ghanaian father.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "INTERVIEW: Auckland's Maro Bonsu-Maro on adapting to a new club and playing in the OCL for three different clubs". footballoceania.com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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    "Bonsu-Maro returns to his roots". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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    "Five Facts to know about ACFC Forward/Winger, Maro Bonsu-Maro". Auckland Football Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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    "Bonsu-Maro, Al Kalisy happy to be Navy Blue". Auckland City FC. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Veitongo FC 2 Tupapa Maraerenga FC 9". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Pago Youth 0 Tupapa Maraerenga FC 5". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Tupapa Maraerenga FC 2 Lae City FC 7". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Five facts about Maro Bonsu Maro". Auckland City FC. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Bonsu-Maro hunting goals". Cook Islands News. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. [10]
    "2013 OFC U-17 Championship - Preliminaries Match Summary" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. [11]
    Tauira, Kayva (3 March 2022). "Cook Islands National Men's team named for 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers". Cook Islands Football Association. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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