Charlie Wabo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker for the Newcastle Thunder in Kingstone Press League 1. He is a Papua New Guinea international.
Wabo is from the Okapa District of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
In August 2008, Wabo was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup[2] and in October he was named in the final PNG squad.[3]
Wabo was named in the interchange in each of PNG’s three games in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
When 2020 Digicel Cup competition season was about to begin, he was appointed as the Head Coach for Kroton Hela Wigmen. During his first year tenure as Head Coach, he successfully delivered another trophy for the Wigmen after his team defeated the Lae Snax Tigers in the grand final in front of sold-out crowd at the National Football Stadium. To add on to his achievement, he was awarded the Coach of the Year award by the PNGRL.