Career
He is also technical director of the Tahitian Football Federation. Vahirua started his career at the famed youth academy of, winning several honors including a Ligue 1 championship. He scored a goal in the Champions League when played against PSV Eindhoven during the 2001-2002 season.
He then went to Nice in August 2004, where he enjoyed two spectacular seasons, being reconverted to attacking midfielder in the process.
After falling out with coach Frédéric Antonetti, he would leave the club in the Summer of 2007, joining fellow Ligue 1 Lorient. The striker of Lorient announced on 12 May 2010 that he would play the following season with Nancy, and signed a three-year-deal.
On 11 August 2011, he joined Ligue 2 side Monaco on loan until the end of the 2011-2012 season. On 12 October 2013, he had signed with his hometown club AS Pirae.
Vahirua is a former France under-21 international, being given his chance by former senior team coach Raymond Domenech.
Vahirua was the only full-time football player in the mostly semi-professional squad, as well as the only one to play outside Tahiti. He earned his first full cap for Tahiti on June 17th, 2013 against Nigeria in a 6–1 losing effort at the Confederations Cup. He played the first 70 minutes of the game, setting up Tahiti"s first goal of the tournament with a corner.
After the tournament, Vahirua announced his retirement from the professional game, considering that he was leaving at the pinnacle of his career.
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