Toakai Puapua

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Toakai Puapua
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Toakai Puapua
President of TNFA
Assumed office
2014
Personal details
BornTuvalu
Residence(s)Funafuti, Tuvalu
Teams managed
Years Team
2006–2008 Tofaga A
2006–2010 Tuvalu national football team

Toakai Puapua is a Tuvaluan gymnastics and football coach and the former coach of the Tuvalu national football team. Since 2014 he has been the president of the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA).

Career[]

From 2006 up to 2008 he was coach of Tofaga A, Tofaga won the NBT in 2006 & 2007 and the Independence Cup in 2006.

In 2007, he was the football coach of Tuvalu during the 2007 South Pacific Games in Samoa.[1] The first game of his tenure was a 16-0 loss to Fiji.[2] However Tuvalu fought hard against New Caledonia (who were joint leaders of the competition) and only lost 1-0.[3] Tuvalu then drew 1–1 with Tahiti, with a late equaliser from Viliamu Sekifu,[1][4] who becoming as the first World cup scorer for his country.[5] However the Cook Islands defeated Tuvalu 4-1.[6] Tuvalu finished last in group A, with one point.[7]

In 2011 Puapua was succeeded as coach by Foppe de Haan.[8]

In 2010, Puapua was the coach of the Tuvalu national futsal team at the Oceanian Futsal Championship 2010,[9] they finished seventh of seven teams.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Super sub Sekifu leaves Tahiti red-faced". Football Federation of American Samoa. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Race starts with goals galore". FIFA. August 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Hosts' derby joy on day two". FIFA. August 28, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Semi-final line-up takes shape". FIFA. August 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. ^ Vilamu Sekifu at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "Fiji, Solomons seize semi-final slots". FIFA. September 2, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  7. ^ Unknown (September 7, 2007). "Ladder for SPG Men's Football". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  8. ^ Anton Lippold (July 7, 2012). "Coach Foppe de Haan gets Dutch successor in Pacific". Unknown. Unknown. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  9. ^ Unknown (July 20, 2010). "Squads named for OFC Futsal Championship". Unknown. OFC. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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