Club Career
Discovered by legendary club manager Guy Roux, who was vacationing in Tahiti, Vahirua moved to AJ Auxerre's youth academy in 1982, aged 16. He went on to amass nearly 400 official appearances for the club in nine full professional seasons, although he made his Ligue 1 debut on 25 September 1984, in a 3–1 home success against Stade Brestois 29.
During the 90's, speedy Vahirua was part of a solid team whose offensive unit also included striker Gérald Baticle, winger Christophe Cocard and midfielder Corentin Martins, reaching the semifinals of the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, lost on penalties to Borussia Dortmund; he left the club in 1995 – precisely the year the club would go on to conquer an historic double – with only the 1994 French Cup to his credit.
In the following seven seasons, Vahirua represented SM Caen, Atromitos F.C. in Greece and Tours FC, professionally retiring in 2002. He still played amateur football for three more years in the city of Auxerre, with neighbours Stade Auxerrois and AJ's reserves, after which he took charge of football development in the area, which he accumulated with the club's youth sides.
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