Al-Taaf Sahib, sometimes called Mansoor, (born 12 September 1995) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for New Zealand club Bay Olympic and the Fiji national team. Club career Sahib started playing football and futsal from an early age. He played in the youth academy of Suva F.C. before moving to New Zealand in 2013. In 2015, he moved back to Fiji for about a year, to play with the first team of Suva. In 2016 he went back to New Zealand to play with Bay Olympic. National team In November 2017, Sahib was called up by coach Christophe Gamel for the Fiji national football team for the game against Estonia and the 2017 Pacific Mini Games. Against Estonia he was an unused substitute. However, in the first game of the Pacific Mini Games he made his debut playing 90 minutes in an 8-0 victory over Tuvalu.
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