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 Islandsers he played club football in New Zealand. He has 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 football team. Playing career Club 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 Suri is also one of the Solomon Islands national football 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. Achievements 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) References External links 1972 births Living people Association football forwards Association football midfielders Solomon Islands footballers Solomon Islands international footballers Solomon Islands expatriate footballers Football Kingz F.C. players Nelson Suburbs players Nadi F.C. players 1996 OFC Nations Cup players 2000 OFC Nations Cup players 2002 OFC Nations Cup players 2004 OFC Nations Cup players Expatriate footballers in Fiji Expatriate footballers in Vanuatu Expatriate footballers in French Polynesia Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in Fiji Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in Vanuatu Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in French Polynesia Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Women's national association football team managers