Raynick Laeta

Raynick Laeta (born 16 November 1999) is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as a forward for the Henderson Eels.

Raynick Laeta
Personal information
Full name Raynick Laeta
Date of birth (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999
Place of birth Solomon Islands
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Henderson Eels
Number 23
Youth career
Koloale FC Honiara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Henderson Eels
National team‡
2015 Solomon Islands U17 1 (0)
2018 Solomon Islands U20 2 (0)
2019 Solomon Islands U23 2 (0)
2019– Solomon Islands 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 October 2019

Club career

Laeta started his career in the youth of Koloale FC Honiara. However after the club resigned from the Telekom S-League and started only playing in the local Honiara competitions, Laeta went to play for the Henderson Eels. In the 2018 season the Henderson Eels became second and qualified for the 2019 OFC Champions League. This was the first time the team had ever qualified for the OFC Champions League. The team managed to survive the group and managed to reach the quarter finals were Team Wellington was too strong. Laeta scored two goals in the Champions League: one against Central Sport and one against Lautoka.[1]

International

U17's

Laeta's first international experience was a very short one of just one match at the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship. He played 90 minutes in a 13-0 victory against American Samoa providing the 10-0 for Benjamin Toata.

U20's

Laeta's second international experience was with the Solomon Islands national under-20 football team. With the team he played at the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship. After three victory's in the group stage, they managed to reach the semi-final. However, they lost the semi-final by three goals to one against Tahit. This meant that not the Solomon Islands but Tahiti qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time. Laeta played in only two games: in two 1-0 victory's against Fiji and Vanuatu

Senior squad

Laeta was named in the Solomon Islands national squad for the first time for a trainingstour in The Netherlands by Dutch coach Wim Rijsbergen.[2] During this tour he played in a few friendly's against Dutch amateur sides.[3] After the training camp Laeta was also named in the squad for the 2019 Pacific Games. Laeta made his debut at this tournament in a game against Tuvalu. He came in the 77 minute of play for Joses Nawo. Laeta also played 45 minutes against American Samoa and 29 minutes against Fiji

Name & Date of birth

There are a few miscommunications about the name and date of birth of Raynick Laeta, given falsely by the Oceania Football Confederation. Somethimes Laeta is named Raynick Laete. Also his date of birth sometimes said that he has been born in 1998 instead of 1999.

References
  1. "Raynick Laeta relishing big breakthrough". oceaniafootball.com. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. "Rijsbergen names team for Netherlands camp". siff.com.sb. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. "Historic training camp in Netherlands". Siff.com.sb. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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