Ati Kepo

Ati Kepo is a Papua New Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for PNG Hekari and the Papua [New Guinea national football team|Papua New Guinea national team].

Club career

Kepo is from the village of Kalo in the Rigo District. He represented his village's team at the Hekari Central Cup and was scouted, along with two of his brothers, to join Hekari United.

Kepo debuted internationally with the Papua New Guinea national team on 8 July 2019 in a friendly match against Samoa in a 6-0 victory in which he scored.
Kepo was again called up on 18 March 2022 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against New Zealand in a 1–0 defeat. It was his first cap after four years. On 24 March 2022, Kepo scored for Papua New Guinea against Fiji in a 2–1 victory, advancing his team to the final stage to face the Solomon Islands in which he scored another goal, resulting a 3–2 defeat.