Cook Islands footballer
Maro Bonsu-Maro (born 26 February 1997) is a Cook Islands footballer who currently plays for Manukau United and the Cook Islands national team.
Club career
Bonsu-Maro competed in the 2017 OFC Champions League with Puaikura.[1] He scored three goals in the Qualifying Stage.[2] Later that year he joined Central United of the NRFL Premier.[3] The following year he joined another Cook Islands club, Tupapa Maraerenga, and competed in the 2018 OFC Champions League.[4] He went on to score a hattrick against Veitongo of Tonga[5] and a brace against Pago Youth of American Samoa.[6] He went on to score against Papua New Guinea's Lae City in the Group Stage.[7] For the next season he joined Auckland City of the New Zealand Football Championship.[8] He remained with the club through the 2021 season when he joined Manukau United of the Cook Islands Round Cup.[9]
International
Bonsu-Maro represented the Cook Islands, the country of his mother's birth, at the youth level.[8] He was part of the squad that competed in the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship in Vanuatu.[1] He scored two goals in the team's opening match against Tonga.[10] In 2019 he was included in the under-20 squad for the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship but ultimately did not compete.[3]
In March 2022 Bonsu-Maro was included in the Cook Islands senior squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[11]
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Personal
Bonsu-Maro was born in Auckland, New Zealand to a Pukapukan mother and a Ghanaian father.[8]
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