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{{short description|Solomon Islands footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Giggs Omokirio
| image = 
| fullname = Gideon Omokirio
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Honiara]], [[Solomon Islands]]
| height = {{height|m=1.74}}
| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
| currentclub  = [[PRK Hekari United]]
| clubnumber = 2
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 1996–2002 
| clubs1 = [[Laugu FC]] 
| caps1= 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1997 
| clubs2 = → [[Nelson Suburbs]] (loan) 
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 2003–2004 
| clubs3 = [[Kossa FC]] 
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 2005–2006 
| clubs4 = [[Kossa FC|Fairwest]] 
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| years5 = 2007–2009 
| clubs5 = [[Kossa FC]] 
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 
| years6 =2009–?
| clubs6 =[[PRK Hekari United]]
| caps6 = 
| goals6 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2007 
| nationalteam1 = [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]]<ref>{{NFT player|pid=6073}}</ref> 
| nationalcaps1 = 30 
| nationalgoals1 = 4 
| nationalyears2 =2006–2009
| nationalteam2 =[[Solomo Islands national beach soccer team|Solomon Islands Beach]]<ref>{{FIFA player|157779}}</ref>
| nationalcaps2 = 11 
| nationalgoals2 = 5
| manageryears1 = 2019–
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Isabel United]]
| pcupdate = 17 July 2010
| ntupdate =
}}
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalSport | [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SOL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Oceania Youth Athletics Championships|Oceania Youth Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships|1993 Canberra]] | High jump}}
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'''Gideon Omokirio''' (born 12 October 1976 in [[Honiara]]) is a [[Solomon Islands]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who is the current Coach of [[ Isabel Frigates ]] in the current ongoing [[Solomon Cup]] 2020.

His brother [[Eddie Omokirio|Eddie]] was also active in football.<ref>[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-8853/  Archives on website oceaniafootball.com]</ref>

==Club career==
''Giggs'' Omokirio had played most of his club football in his home country, only for a short spell in New Zealand. He then joined Papua New Guinea side Hekari in 2009.

In May 2010, he won the [[2009–10 OFC Champions League|Oceania Champions League]] with [[Hekari United]].<ref>[http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/b87e3e5d-d510-4b3a-a880-78091239d0b5/Default.aspx Waitakere United 2-1 Hekari United] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505104821/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/b87e3e5d-d510-4b3a-a880-78091239d0b5/Default.aspx |date=2010-05-05 }} - OFC</ref>

==International career==
Omokirio made his debut for the [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]] in a May [[1996 OFC Nations Cup]] match against [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]] and has represented his country in every age group at international level including representing his country at the [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006|2006]], [[2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2007]] and [[2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup|2008]] [[Beach Soccer World Cup]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071105065418/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/team=1903118/squadlist.html Solomon Islands squad list at 2007 Beach Soccer World Cup] - FIFA.com</ref> He has skippered the national team on several occasions.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

He played in 17 World Cup qualification games from 1996 through 2007.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

===International Goals===
:''Scores and results list Solomon Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Omokirio goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Gideon Omokirio 
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|21 June 2000}}
|[[Stade Pater Te Hono Nui|Stade Pater]], [[Papeete]], Tahiti
|{{fb|Cook Islands}}
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|style="text-align:center"|5–1
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solomon Islands vs. Cook Islands|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23009/Solomon_Islands_Cook_Islands.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|28 June 2000}}
|Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti	
|{{fb|Vanuatu}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|2000 OFC Nations Cup	
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solomon Islands vs. Vanuatu|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23010/Solomon_Islands_Vanuatu.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|{{dts|12 May 2004}}
|[[Lawson Tama Stadium]], [[Honiara]], Solomon Islands
|{{fb|Cook Islands}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–0
|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solomon Islands vs. Cook Islands|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/871/Solomon_Islands_Cook_Islands.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|{{dts|15 May 2004}}
|Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	
|{{fb|New Caledonia}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solomon Islands vs. New Caledonia |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/875/Solomon_Islands_New_Caledonia.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''Hekari United'''
* [[OFC Men's Champions League|Oceania Champions League]]: 2009–10

==Other sports==
Omokirio was the national champion in the 200 metres running and the long jump.

== Achievements in other sports ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
|-
!bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{SOL}}
|-
|1993
|[[1993 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships|Oceania Youth Championships]]
|[[Canberra]], [[Australia]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|High jump
|1.75 m
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:Solomon Islands men's footballers]]
[[Category:Solomon Islands men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:Nelson Suburbs FC players]]
[[Category:Hekari United F.C. players]]
[[Category:1996 OFC Nations Cup players]]
[[Category:2000 OFC Nations Cup players]]
[[Category:2002 OFC Nations Cup players]]
[[Category:2004 OFC Nations Cup players]]
[[Category:Solomon Islands expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand]]
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