Birth name | Ueleni Fono | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 May 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Holopeka, Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 113 kg (249 lb 17 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ueleni Fono (born May 6, 1982) is a Tongan rugby player who plays as an openside flanker and as an eighthman for French club Blagnac SCR. He played for Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne from 2006-2008. [1]
In July 2013 he moved to Biarritz. [2] In February 2016 he suffered a hamstring injury, forcing him to miss several games. [3]
In October 2016 he announced that he was ending his professional career with Biarritz and was instead joining Blagnac SCR. [4] [5]