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Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968 on the island of Gau, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He is widely considered the greatest rugby sevens player of all time.

In fifteen-a-side rugby, he played for Fiji 39 times between 1989 and 2003, and scored 376 points. This included representing Fiji in the 1991, 1999, and 2003 Rugby World Cups. He also played professionally for Mitsubishi, Leicester, Stade Montois, Stade Bordelais and Staines.

He has played at the Hong Kong tournament almost every year since 1989. Serevi has also played in the 1993, 1997, 2001, and 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens, winning the World Cup with Fiji in 1997 and 2005. He won silver at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, and captured bronze in 2006. Serevi has played in the International Rugby Board Sevens Series since its creation in 1999. Serevi coached the Fiji Sevens to the 2005/2006 IRB Sevens Series victory.