Apisai Naqalevu

{{Short description|Fijian rugby player (born 1989)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|21}}

| birth_place = Botenaulu, Fiji

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| weight = {{convert|104|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|ru_position = Wing, Centre

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| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = Fiji

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| school = Muaira District School

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| repteam3 = Fiji Warriors

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| years1 = 2015-2017

| clubs1 = US Dax

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| points1 = 50

| years2 = 2017-2018

| clubs2 = Union Bordeaux Bègles

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| clubs3 = Clermont Auvergne

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Apisai Naqalevu, or Apisai Naqaliva, (born 21 August 1989) is a Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens{{cite web |publisher=Fiji Times |title=7s vacuum |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=278593 |date=28 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831113202/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=278593 |archive-date=31 August 2014}} player who plays as a centre.

Biography

He was born in the Naitasiri province, in the village of Botenaulu. He began playing rugby at the age of nine with the Muaira District School in Naitasiri. He represents the Suva team in the Digicel Cup that he won in 2012.{{cite web|title=Naqaliva hopes for the best|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2012/12/21/naqaliva-hopes-for-the-best/|author=Siteri Navutovuto|language=en|access-date=13 April 2017}}. He worked in his country as a police officer.{{cite web|title=US Dax : les perles du Pacifique|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2015/11/06/les-perles-du-pacifique-2177085-773.php|author=Olivier Bonnefon|access-date=20 February 2016}}.

He married his girlfriend in August 2022.{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2022/08/07/rugger-naqaliva-banks-on-gods-faithfulness/ |title=Rugger Naqaliva Banks On Gods Faithfulness |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=7 August 2022 |access-date=18 May 2023}}

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