Vaisua Liva
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vaisua Malofou Liva | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Nukulaelae, Tuvalu | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Waitakere City FC | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Manu Laeva | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | FC Manu Laeva | ||
| 2012 | Brabantia | ||
| 2013–2016 | Waitakere City FC | ||
| National team | |||
| 2011– | Tuvalu | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Vaisua Liva (born 20 January 1993, in Nukulaelae) is a Tuvaluan footballer who currently plays for Waitakere City FC, and the national football team of Tuvalu.
Club career[]
Vaisua played from 2008 up to 2012 for FC Manu Laeva. He arrived on 5 October 2012 at Schiphol, Amsterdam, for a training period of 3 months in the Netherlands. During these months he trained together with Alopua Petoa at the second team of Brabantia. The aim of the training was to improve the quality of both football players and prepare scouting reports for clubs in New Zealand. The goal was to make both players the first Semi-Pro footballers of Tuvalu. Besides training and playing for the second team of Brabantia both players also followed intensive training courses to become youth football coaches and they visited several matches of Dutch professional clubs.[1] March 2013 he played for Waitakere City FC.[2] His current team is FC Tofaga.
International career[]
He made his debut for the Tuvalu national football team in the match against Samoa on August 22, 2011.
He played four games for the national football team at the 2011 Pacific Games: against Vanuatu,[3] New Caledonia,[4] Solomon Islands,[5] and Guam.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Cruijff en Kromme' uit Tuvalu jagen droom in Nederland na" (in Dutch). media DPG. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Vaisua Liva and Alopua Petoa start their internship at Waitakere City FC". Tuvalu National Football Association. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Vanuatu have beaten Tuvalu 5–1 in their men's Group A match at Riviere Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. August 30, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ "New Caledonia have defeated Tuvalu 8–0 in their men's Group A match at Riviere Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 1, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Solomon Islands have beaten Tuvalu in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 3, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Guam and Tuvalu have drawn 1–1 in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 4, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
External links[]
- Vaisua Liva at National-Football-Teams.com
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