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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Reginald Davani
|image = 
|caption =
|fullname = Reginald Davani
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|2|5}}
|birth_place = [[Port Moresby]], [[Papua New Guinea]]
|height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/pdf_files/hawkesbay_prog_151105.pdf |title=Profile – Auckland City FC |accessdate=15 May 2008 |publisher=[[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023123740/http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/pdf_files/hawkesbay_prog_151105.pdf |archivedate=23 October 2007 }}</ref>
|currentclub = [[Western Pride FC]] (assistant manager)
|position = [[Attacking midfielder]], [[Winger (sports)|Midfielder]], [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
|youthyears1 = 1996–1997 |youthclubs1 = [[Queensland Lions Soccer Club|Brisbane Lions]]
|years1 = 1996–1997 
|clubs1 = [[Queensland Lions Soccer Club|Queensland Lions]] 
|caps1 = 48 
|goals1 = 35
|years2 = 1998      
|clubs2 = [[Ipswich Knights Soccer Club|Ipswich Knights]]   
|caps2 = 23 
|goals2 = 15
|years3 = 1999–2000 
|clubs3 = Queensland Lions                                  |caps3 = 35 
|goals3 = 12
|years4 = 2001      
|clubs4 = [[Taringa Rovers]]                                |caps4 = 12 
|goals4 = 4
|years5 = 2001–2002 
|clubs5 = University Inter                                  |caps5 = 40 
|goals5 = 28
|years6 = 2003      
|clubs6 = Metro FC                                          |caps6 = 13 
|goals6 = 12
|years7 = 2003–2006 
|clubs7 = [[North Shore United]]                            |caps7 = 58 
|goals7 = 39
|years8 = 2004–2006 
|clubs8 = → [[Bay Olympic]] (loan)                            |caps8 = 40 
|goals8 = 6
|years9 = 2007–2008 
|clubs9 = [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]               
|caps9 = 14 
|goals9 = 8
|years10 = 2008      
|clubs10 = [[Kossa FC]]                                     |caps10 = 8  
|goals10 = 0
|years11 = 2009      
|clubs11 = [[Hume City FC|Hume City]]                       |caps11 = 11 
|goals11 = 5
|years12 = 2009–2010 
|clubs12 = [[Logan United FC|Logan United]]                 
|caps12 = 14 
|goals12= 4
|years13 = 2010–2011 
|clubs13 = [[Brisbane Olympic]]                             |caps13 = 15 
|goals13 = 5
|years14 = 2011      
|clubs14 = [[Sunshine George Cross]]                        |caps14 =   
|goals14 = 
|years15 = 2012–2015 
|clubs15 = [[Morobe Kumuls FC|Morobe Kumuls]]               
|caps15 =    
|goals15 = 
|nationalyears1 = 1998–2012
|nationalteam1 = [[Papua New Guinea national football team|Papua New Guinea]]
|nationalcaps1 = 17
|nationalgoals1 = 13
|manageryears1 = 2014–2017    |managerclubs1 = [[Papua New Guinea national football team|Papua New Guinea]] (assistant manager)
|manageryears2 = 2018–    |managerclubs2 = [[Western Pride FC]] (assistant manager)
}}

'''Reginald Davani''' (born 5 February 1980) is a former [[Papua New Guinea]] [[association football|footballer]], who is currently acting as senior men's coach at [[Western Pride FC]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Football Queensland|title=NPL RD 15 {{!}} Reggie Davani - Western Pride Assistant Coach|date=2018-05-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ixXY5X8fyA|accessdate=2018-06-07|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515214553/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ixXY5X8fyA|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/coach-leaving-professional-goal-too-good-to-turn-d/3434445/|title=SHOCK EXIT: Top footy coach lured to Hong Kong league|last=Lems|first=David|work=Queensland Times|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142740/https://www.qt.com.au/news/coach-leaving-professional-goal-too-good-to-turn-d/3434445/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He is Papua New Guinea's all-time record international goal scorer with 13 goals.

==Club career==
Davani was a product of the then [[Queensland Lions Soccer Club|Brisbane Lions]] (now [[Queensland Lions Soccer Club]]) youth team, before graduating to the senior side. In 1999, he moved to [[Ipswich Knights Soccer Club|Ipswich Knights]], scoring 15 goals in 23 matches, and [[Taringa Rovers]]. He then spent several seasons in the New Zealand football leagues, most notably at [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]. Davani then transferred to [[Solomon Islands]] side [[Kossa FC]], with whom he won a runners-up medal in the [[2007–08 OFC Champions League]], before moving to [[Hume City FC|Coburg United]] in Australia's [[Victorian Premier League]] for the remainder of the 2008 season. After his release from [[Logan United FC|Logan United]], in June 2010 Davani joined [[Brisbane Olympic]]. Just before the commencement of the 2011 season, Davani joined Victorian club [[Sunshine George Cross]].

==International career==
Davani made his debut for the [[Papua New Guinea national football team]] in 1998 at the Melanesian Cup in Santo Vanuatu, against the [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]]. He played in four World Cup qualification games in 2004, in which he scored 6 goals. He currently holds the record for the most International goals for [[Papua New Guinea national football team|Papua New Guinea]] (13). His younger brother [[Alex Davani]], also plays for the national team. Davani is a dual International, having represented Australia in [[futsal]] and was a member of the 2008 Australian Futsal World Cup squad.

=== International goals ===

{{Expand list|date=August 2020}}

:''Scores and results list Papua New Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Papua New Guinea goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!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}}
|-
| align="center" | 1
|{{dts|12 March 2002}}
|[[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|National Soccer Stadium]], [[Apia]], Samoa
|{{fb|New Caledonia}}
| align="center" |4–1
| align="center" |4–1
|rowspan=5|[[2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 2
|{{dts|14 March 2002}}
|[[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|National Soccer Stadium]], [[Apia]], Samoa
|{{fb|Tonga}}
| align="center" |3–0
| align="center" |5–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 3
|rowspan=3|{{dts|18 March 2002}}
|rowspan=3|[[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|National Soccer Stadium]], [[Apia]], Samoa
|rowspan=3|{{fb|American Samoa}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" rowspan=3|7–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 2–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 4–0
|
|- 
| align="center" | 6
|{{dts|9 July 2002}}
|[[North Harbour Stadium]], [[Albany, New Zealand]]
|{{fb|Tahiti}}
| align="center" |1–1
| align="center" |1–3
| [[2002 OFC Nations Cup]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 7
|{{dts|12 May 2004}}
|[[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|National Soccer Stadium]], [[Apia]], Samoa
|{{fb|Fiji}}
| align="center" |1–1
| align="center" |2–4
| rowspan=6|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 8
|rowspan=4|{{dts|17 May 2004}}
|rowspan=4|[[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|National Soccer Stadium]], [[Apia]], Samoa
|rowspan=4|{{fb|American Samoa}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" rowspan=4|10–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 2–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 7–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 10–0
|
|-
| align="center" | 12
|{{dts|19 May 2004}}
|[[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|National Soccer Stadium]], [[Apia]], Samoa
|{{fb|Samoa}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |4–1
|
|-
| align="center" | 13
|{{dts|13 July 2007}}
|[[Lawson Tama Stadium]], [[Honiara]], Solomon Islands
|{{fb|Solomon Islands}}
| align="center" |1–2
| align="center" |1–2
| Friendly
|
|-
|}

== Coaching career ==
Davani was Papua New Guinea Assistant coach between 2014 and 2017. During this time Papua New Guinea finished runners up in the [[OFC Nations Cup]].<ref>{{Citation|last=OFCfootball|title=2016 OFC NATIONS CUP FINAL {{!}} New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea|date=2016-06-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eowa6h1GI8|accessdate=2018-06-07|archive-date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726033940/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eowa6h1GI8|url-status=live}}</ref>

Davani returned to Ipswich in 2018 to become the Senior Men's Assistant coach and U20 Men's coach at Western Pride FC. Davani became the acting-Senior Men's coach after the departure of Graham Harvey.

== Honours ==

=== Club ===

;University Inter
*Port Moresby Premier League: 2001, 2003

;[[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]
*[[New Zealand Football Championship]]: 2005, 2006
*[[OFC Men's Champions League|Oceania Club Championship]]: [[Oceania Club Championship 2004–05|2005]]

;[[Bay Olympic]]
*New Zealand Nth Premier League: 2006

;[[Kossa FC]]
*Australian Futsal National (Queensland Men's): 2001

=== Individual ===
2005 '''Finalist – Papua New Guinean Sportsman of the Year'''<br/>2004 '''Finalist – Oceania Player of the Year'''<br/>2004 Players Player of the Year – Bay Olympic NZ<br/>2001 Port Moresby Soccer Association Striker of the Year<br/>1999 OFC Futsal All-Star Team<br/>1998 Alitalia Young Rising Star Award – Australian Futsal National League<br/>'''All Time Top Scorer – PNG National Team (15 Goals)'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=5095}}
* {{FIFA player|213343}}

{{Papua New Guinea squad 2002 OFC Nations Cup}}
{{Papua New Guinea squad 2012 OFC Nations Cup}}

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