Ernie Tapai

Retired
Last club: Westgate FC Retired since: Jan 1, 2003

Date of birth/Age: Feb 14, 1967 (57)
Place of birth: Subotica
Citizenship: Australia

Position: Central Midfield

Former International: Australia
Caps/Goals: 36 / 6

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Australia
-		Australia	Aug 25, 1990	36	6	Eddie Thomson	23 years 06 months 11 days

Stats of Ernie Tapai

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			25	5	3	2	-	-	1.478'
	International Friendlies	13	1	-	1	-	-	849'
	World Cup qualification	7	3	3	1	-	-	337'
	OFC Nations Cup	3	1	-	-	-	-	250'
	Confederations Cup	2	-	-	-	-	-	42'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		1/30/91	H	ČSR	0:1	Not in squad
		2/6/91	H	ČSR	0:2	Not in squad
		6/1/91	H	England	0:1					72'
		6/8/91	A	Soviet Union B	2:1					85'
		1/26/92	H	Sweden	0:0					45'
		1/29/92	H	Sweden	1:0	on the bench
		2/2/92	H	Sweden	1:0					30'
		6/13/92	A	USA	0:1					90'
		6/18/92	A	Argentina	2:0	DM			✔	90'
		7/5/92	H	Croatia	1:0					90'
		7/8/92	H	Croatia	3:1		1			90'
		7/12/92	H	Croatia	0:0					57'
	World Cup qualification Oceania
	Group 1	9/4/92	A	Solomon Islands	1:2					90'
	Group 1	9/11/92	A	Tahiti	0:3					90'
	Group 1	9/20/92	H	Tahiti	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	9/26/92	H	Solomon Islands	6:1	Not in squad
	final 1st leg	5/30/93	A	New Zealand	0:1	Not in squad
	final 2nd leg	6/6/93	H	New Zealand	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	7/31/93	A	Canada	2:1	Not in squad
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	8/15/93	H	Canada	6:2 on pens	Not in squad
	final 1st leg	10/31/93	H	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
	final 2nd leg	11/17/93	A	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		5/26/94	A	France	0:1	Not in squad
		6/8/94	A	South Africa	1:0	no information available
		6/12/94	A	South Africa	1:0	no information available
		6/18/95	H	Ghana	2:1	Not in squad
		6/21/95	H	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
		6/24/95	A	Ghana	0:1	no information available
		6/30/95	A	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
	OFC Nations Cup 1996
	First Round 1st leg	11/10/95	A	New Zealand	0:0	Not in squad
	First Round 2nd leg	11/15/95	H	New Zealand	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/10/96	H	Japan	1:4	Not in squad
		2/14/96	H	Japan	3:0	Not in squad
		2/25/96	H	Sweden	0:2	Not in squad
		2/28/96	H	Sweden	0:0	Not in squad
		3/27/96	A	Scotland	1:0	Not in squad
		4/24/96	A	Chile	3:0	DM				78'
		9/14/96	A	Ghana	2:0	no information available
		9/18/96	A	South Africa	2:0	no information available
		9/21/96	A	Kenya	0:4	no information available
		10/9/96	A	Saudi Arabia	0:0	Not in squad
	OFC Nations Cup 1996
	final 1st leg	10/27/96	A	Tahiti	0:6		1			70'
	final 2nd leg	11/1/96	H	Tahiti	5:0					90'
	International Friendlies
		1/22/97	H	South Korea	2:1					23'
		1/25/97	H	Norway	1:0					22'
		3/12/97	A	Macedonia	0:1	Not in squad
		4/2/97	A	Hungary	1:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Oceania
	Group 1	6/11/97	H	Solomon Islands	13:0	RM	1	2		18'
	Group 1	6/13/97	H	Tahiti	5:0	RM				21'
	Group 1	6/17/97	H	Solomon Islands	2:6	DM	2	1		72'
	Group 1	6/19/97	H	Tahiti	0:2	Not in squad
	final 1st leg	6/28/97	A	New Zealand	0:3	Not in squad
	final 2nd leg	7/5/97	H	New Zealand	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/1/97	A	Tunisia	0:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	11/22/97	A	Iran	1:1				50'	32'
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	11/29/97	H	Iran	2:2	CM				14'
	Confederations Cup 1997
	Group A	12/12/97	A	Mexico	1:3					12'
	Group A	12/14/97	A	Brazil	0:0	AM				30'
	Group A	12/16/97	A	Saudi Arabia	1:0	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	12/19/97	A	Uruguay	0:1 AET	on the bench
	Final	12/21/97	A	Brazil	6:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		2/7/98	H	Chile	0:1	DM				76'
		2/15/98	H	Japan	0:3	Not in squad
		6/6/98	A	Croatia	7:0	Not in squad
	OFC Nations Cup 1998
	Group B	9/25/98	H	Fiji	3:1					90'
Squad: 29, Starting eleven: 16, Substituted in: 9, On the bench: 4, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,