Desmond Fa'aiuaso

Desmond Fa'aiuaso

Personal information
Full name	Desmond Richmond Fa'aiuaso
Date of birth	(1984-02-24) 24 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Samoa
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Strickland Brothers Lepea
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Titavi
2002–2004	Strickland Brothers Lepea		(38)
2005	Tuanaimoto Breeze
2005–2007	A.S. Pirae
2007–2009	Strickland Brothers Lepea
2009–2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	5	(0)
2010–2014	Team Taranaki
2014–2016	Central United
2016	Strickland Brothers Lepea
2016	Vailima Kiwi
2016–	Strickland Brothers Lepea
International career^‡
2001–2016	Samoa	20	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 August 2020

Desmond Fa'aiuaso (born 24 February 1984) is a Football striker from Samoa who currently plays for Vailima Kiwi. He currently has both the most caps and the most goals for his home country, Samoa.

Career

Club

Fa'aiuaso had his first stint in international football with Tahiti side A.S. Pirae and signed up with YoungHeart Manawatu for the 2009–10 season to form an all South Pacific strikeforce with Vanuatuan striker Seule Soromon.^[1][2] He was the first Samoan to play for New Zealand's national league.^[3]

International

He made his debut for Samoa in an April 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Tonga and scored four goals in his second international, against American Samoa.

In 2016 he coached the Samoan national team.^[3]

Rugby

In 2004 Fa'aiuaso was selected for the Samoa national rugby sevens team for the 2004 Hong Kong Sevens. He was Samoa's top try-scorer in the tournament.^[4] In April 2004 he was named to the Samoan team for an Under-21 Rugby World Cup qualifying against Fiji.^[5] He was named in the sevens team for the 2007 Dubai Sevens.^[6]

Career statistics

International

Samoa
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	4	4
2002	0	0
2003	0	0
2004	0	0
2005	0	0
2006	0	0
2007	4	2
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	0	0
2011	3	0
2012	0	0
2013	0	0
2014	0	0
2015	3	1
Total	14	7

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 September 2015^[7]

International goals

Scores and results list. Samoa's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	9 April 2001	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia	American Samoa	3–0	8–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				4–0
3.				7–0
4.				8–0
5.	14 March 2002	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	American Samoa	1–0	5–0	2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification
6.				5–0
7.	27 August 2007	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	American Samoa	2–0	7–0	2007 South Pacific Games
8.	29 August 2007	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	Tonga	1–0	2–1
9.	31 August 2015	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, Nuku'alofa, Tonga	American Samoa	1–0	3–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[8]

References

1. Daniel Richardson (27 February 2010). "Manawatu look to score". Manawatu Standard. p. 32 – via EBSCOHost.
2. Samoan star shines bright Archived 30 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Oceania Football
3. "Race for India kick-started in Polynesia". FIFA. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
4. Tim Maitland (30 March 2004). "One taste of Sevens and Desmond's hooked". South China Morning Post – via Gale OneFile.
5. "Samoans bank on star duo". Fiji Times. 10 April 2004. p. 59 – via EBSCOHost.
6. "Samoa lose Tupou to illness". Fiji Times. 28 November 2007. p. 51 – via EBSCOHost.
7. "Desmond Fa'aiuaso". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
8. "Samoa 3–2 American Samoa". www.fifa.com/. FIFA. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

External links

• Desmond Fa'aiuaso – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Player profile – YoungHeart Manawatu
• NZFC stats – NZFC
• Desmond Fa'aiuaso at National-Football-Teams.com