François Hapipi
{{Short description|Croatian Third Football League player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = François Hapipi
|image =
|fullname = François Raphael Hugues Hapipi
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|3|10|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Brest, france
|position = Defender
|currentclub = Urania
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = 2008–2009
|youthclubs1 = Pessac Alouette
|youthyears2 = 2009–2012
|youthclubs2 = Mérignac-Arlac
|youthyears3 = 2012–2013
|youthclubs3 = Bordeaux
|youthyears4 = 2013–2019
|youthclubs4 = Mérignac-Arlac
|years1 = 2019–2021
|clubs1 = Mérignac-Arlac
|caps1 = 10
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2021
|clubs2 = Urania
|nationalyears1 = 2022–
|nationalteam1 = Tahiti
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update =
}}
François Raphael Hugues Hapipi (born 10 March 1999) is a footballer who last played as a defender for Urania. Born in France, he is a Tahiti international.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/districtdelagironde/posts/3045025988876333/|title=Bravo à François Hapipi, joueur du FCE Mérignac Arlac, sélectionné en équipe nationale de Tahiti}}{{Soccerway|606809}}
Career
Hapipi began his football career in 2008 and spent one season with hometown club ASC Pessac Alouette. The following year he joined FCE Mérignac Arlac where he stayed until 2012. He then spent one season in the academy of
Ligue 1 club FC Girondins de Bordeaux before returning to Mérignac Arlac in 2013.{{cite web |title=INTERVIEW BEFC - FRANÇOIS HAPIPI, MILIEU B15 DU BORDEAUX ELITE FOOTBALL CLUB |url=https://bordeaux-elitefc.footeo.com/actualite/2014/04/24/interview-befc-francois-hapipi-milieu-b15-du-bordeaux-elite-foo.html |publisher=Bordeaux Elite FC |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=French}}
Hapipi started his career with French fifth tier side Mérignac-Arlac. In 2021, he signed for Urania in the Croatian third tier.{{Cite web |url=https://makarska-danas.com/baska-voda-urania-predstavila-11-novih-igraca/ |title=Baškovoška Urania predstavila 11 novih igrača |publisher=Makarska Danas |language=hr |date=2 August 2021 |access-date=25 June 2022}}
In February 2022 he was selected for the Tahiti national football team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Qatar.{{cite web |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/tahiti-confirm-23-strong-group-for-oceania-qualifiers-in-qatar/ |title=Tahiti confirm 23-strong group for Oceania Qualifiers in Qatar |publisher=OFC |date=21 February 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022}}
References
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External links
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Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Second Football League (Croatia) players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Tahiti men's international footballers
Category:French Polynesian expatriate men's footballers
Category:French Polynesian men's footballers
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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