Career
He is best known within Oceania for coaching Tahiti to their 2012 OFC Nations Cup title, and is known worldwide for coaching the team during their 2013 Fédération internationale de football association Confederations Cup campaign. International The first of these was for the 1994 World Cup, in which Etaeta made his international debut in the game against the Solomon Islands on October 9, 1992 in Papeete, Tahiti. The second qualification tournament was for the 1998 World Cup, which Etaeta played 3 games which were 5-0 and 2-0 losses to Australia (June 13 and 19 1997) and a 1-1 draw with the Solomon Islands (June 21, 1997).
Eddy retired from international football in 1998.
= International Career statistics ¿: Eddy played a total of 5 games for Tahiti. The 5th game could have been any time between 1992 and 1998.
In mid-2010 Etaeta was hired by the Tahitian Football Federation to manage the national team His first tournament as manager was the 2011 Pacific Games.
Tahiti ended up finishing a respectable 3rd, winning the bronze medal.
This success meant Tahiti went on to represent the OFC at the 2013 Fédération internationale de football association Confederations Cup, where they went out in the Group Stages. As a manager.