Nabaruru Batiri (born 1 December 1984) is an I-Kiribati former footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Kiribati national team and has the most appearances for the national team with eight appearances.^[1]

He has also notably played in all eight of Kiribati's matches played during the 21st century.

Batiri's club was not listed during the 2003 South Pacific Games and the 2011 Pacific Games, potentially suggesting he may have never played club football.^[1]

Batiri made four appearances at the 2003 South Pacific Games,^[1] with his debut being a 3–2 loss against Tuvalu on 30 June 2003.^[3]

Kiribati returned to international football in 2011, and Batiri played all four matches during the 2011 Pacific Games: the 3–0 loss to Cook Islands,^[4] the 1–17 losses to both Papua New Guinea^[5] and Tahiti^[6] and the 9–0 loss to Fiji, where he appeared as a substitute.^[7]

His last appearance would come on 5 September 2011 which was the aforementioned 1–17 loss against Tahiti.^[6] He retired from international football after the 2011 Pacific Games concluded.

As of match played 5 September 2011.^[1]

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