Fijian referee aims for the top!
Fijian referee aims for the top!

Dilioni started as a football player at a very young age. However, she knew her passion lied in refereeing matches, and she did not let anything get in her way until she achieved just that.

 

8 years ago Dilioni was encouraged by former FIFA referee Finau Vulivuli, and she hasn't looked back since.

 

“We’ve got to know the laws of the game, most of the time in Fiji we see only the men participating, being a women’s referee and being encouraged by a former FIFA referee it’s good to be part of the referee team.”

 

Dilioni opened up about her future goals: “Being a female referee I think you need to achieve more especially since everybody would like to be part of and go to matches like the OFC tournaments and we can achieve it as a women’s referee.”

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