Waisale Serevi

Waisale Serevi

Serevi in 2014
Birth name	Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi
Date of birth	(1968-05-20) 20 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Suva, Fiji
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)
School	Delainamasi Government School Lelean Memorial School
Spouse	Karalaini
Children	Two daughters and a son
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Fullback, Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Nasinu () 1987–88 Rewa () 1989 Nabua () 1989 Suva () Correct as of 14 March 2007 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–96 Mitsubishi 0 (0) 1997–98 Leicester () 1998–2003 Stade Montois () 2004 Stade Bordelais () 2004–08 Staines () Correct as of 14 March 2007 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1987 Fiji B 1987 Fiji XV 1989–03 Fiji 39 (219) Correct as of 14 March 2007 National sevens team Years Team Comps 1990–07 Fiji 359 Correct as of 9 July 2007 Coaching career Years Team 2005–07 Fiji Sevens 2008–09 Fiji Sevens 2018–19 Russia Sevens Correct as of 28 November 2019
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Fiji Rugby World Cup Sevens 1997 HongKong Team competition 2005 HongKong Team competition Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team competition 2002 Manchester Team competition 2006 Melbourne Team competition

Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968) is a Fijian former rugby union football player and coach, and is a member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame.^[1] Serevi is renowned for his achievements in rugby sevens, while also enjoying a long career in fifteen-a-side rugby at both club and national team levels. Nicknamed "The Wizard" by commentators, he is widely considered to be the greatest rugby sevens player in the history of the game.^[2][3][4] A biography of Serevi titled Waisale Serevi: King of Sevens by Nick Darvenzi was published in 2018.^[5]

In the 15-man game, he played for Fiji 39 times between 1989 and 2003, and scored 376 points. This included representing Fiji in the 1991, 1999, and 2003 Rugby World Cups. He also played professionally for the Mitsubishi, Leicester, Stade Montois, Stade Bordelais and Staines rugby teams.^[6]

His representative sevens career started in 1989 when he played for Fiji at the Hong Kong tournament. Serevi also played in the 1993, 1997, 2001, and 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens, winning the World Cup with Fiji in 1997 and 2005. He won silver at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, and captured bronze in 2006. Serevi played in the International Rugby Board Sevens Series since its creation in 1999. In 2005 after winning the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens Serevi was appointed player-coach of the Fiji Sevens national team. He led Fiji to the 2005–06 World Sevens Series victory – the first time the series was won by a team other than New Zealand.