Hema Polovili

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Hemaloto Polovili (born 27 July 1997) is a Tongan footballer who plays as a forward for Lotoha'apai United and the Tonga national football team. He made his debut for the national team on August 19, 2015 in a 5–0 loss against Fiji.

International career[]

In 2014 Polovili was selected, together with countrymate Soakai Vea, by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to train for a few weeks at the Asia–Pacific Football Academy. The duo also had a chance to train at the Wellington Phoenix Football academy Scott College in the following year.

Tonga U17[]

Polovili was only 13 when he made his debut for Tonga U17. He did this on January 9, 2011 against Tahiti during the 2011 OFC U-17 Championship. At this time Polovili was the youngest player ever who had played in the OFC U-17 Championship. However, during the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship Gabriel Taumua of American Samoa made his debut at the age of 12. In the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary he was nominated for the golden boot of the tournament.

Tonga U20[]

Polovili captained the Tongan side in the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary scoring a hat trick in the last game against Samoa, so far all the goals for Tonga in the game.

Tonga U23[]

At the age of 14, he made his debut for the Tonga national under-23 football team. He did this on March 8, 2012 during the 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Football Tournament in a match against Papua New Guinea which Tonga lost 3-0.

Career statistics[]

International[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 14 December 2017^[1]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Tonga's goal tally first.^[1]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 December 2017	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu	Tuvalu	1–0	3–4	2017 Pacific Mini Games

References[]

External links[]

• Hema Polovili at National-Football-Teams.com
• oceaniafootball.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 4, 2015)
• ffas.as at the Wayback Machine (archived October 3, 2015)