Luisa Tamanitoakula

Luisa Tamanitoakula

Personal information
Full name	Luisa Cagi Tamanitoakula
Date of birth	(1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 26)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Ba
International career^‡
2019–	Fiji	4[a]	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2019

Luisa Cagi Tamanitoakula (born on 28 July 1998) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ba FC and the Fiji women's national team.

Tamanitoakula is from the village of Nailaga in Ba Province and was educated at AD Patel College.^[5] She works as a police officer.^[6]

She was selected for the national women's football team at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby.^[7] In July 2017 she was captain of the under-20 team at the 2017 Oceania Women Under-19 Championship,^[7][8] and won the golden ball at the tournament.^[9]

In August 2018 she was named to the Fijian team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.^[10]

In December 2022 she announced a move into coaching.^[11]

Notes

1. ^[1][2][3][4]

References

1. "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
2. "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
4. "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
5. "Tamanitoakula: We Worked As A Team". Fiji Sun. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
6. Talei Matairakula (29 December 2022). "New direction for women footballers". FBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
7. "Luisa to lead U19 in NZ". Fiji Times. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
8. Anasilini Ratuva (7 July 2017). "Tamanitokula Grateful To Lead". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
9. "Luisa savours feat". Fiji Times. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
10. "National women's football squad named for OFC qualifier tournament". Fiji Times. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
11. Talei Matairakula (30 December 2022). "Coaching next for Tamanitoakula". FBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2023.