Batram Suri

Batram Suri (born 2 November 1971) is a Solomon Islands professional footballer who played as either a striker or a midfielder. As one of the few Solomon Islanders he played club football in New Zealand. He earned almost 50 caps for the national team of the Solomon Islands. At the moment, he is the head coach of the Solomon Islands women's national team and S-League side Waneagu United. Club career Suri is the most well-known player to come out of the Solomon Islands and has previously played in New Zealand for Richmond Athletic and the Football Kingz amongst other clubs (now the New Zealand Knights), in Fiji and Tahiti and has also played for Laugu FC in his native country.

International career Suri is also one of the Solomon Islands national team's most successful players helping them reach the oceanic play-off final against Australia in 2005. He made his debut in 1992 and collected over 40 caps, also scoring a fair share of goals.

Managerial career On 16 June 2019, Suri was appointed as head coach of the Solomon Islands U-23 to guide them in the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019, to try to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics International Scores and results list Solomon Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Suri goal.

Honours

Player Solomon Islands OFC Nations Cup: Runner-up, 2004 ; 3rd place 2000

Individual Solomon Islands Player of the Year (1994) New Zealand Player of the Year (1996) New Zealand Top Goalscorer (1997 and 1998) Oceanian Player of the Year: Fourth place (1996), Tenth place (1997 and 1998 ), Twelfth place (2002)