Rivalina Fuimaono

Rivalina Fuimaono (born ~1997)^[1] is a New Zealand-Samoan footballer. She plays as a goalkeeper. She has represented New Zealand internationally at Futsal, and has been a member of the Samoa women's national football team.

Fuimaono was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland, New Zealand.^[1] She began playing football at the age of thirteen for Three Kings United in the Auckland Premier League.^[2] She captained the Mt Albert Grammar girls team in 2014, ending the season with a clean sheet.^[1] She later played for Papatoetoe AFC, AUT, and Auckland United FC,^[3] as well as in the Women’s Futsal Superleague.^[4]

In 2015 she was asked to play football for Samoa at the 2015 Pacific Games, but turned down the offer.^[2]

In August 2017 she was selected for the first ever Futsal Ferns team.^[5] In 2018 she was named to the NZ University Women’s Futsal Team for the 2018 FISU World University Futsal Championship in Kazakhstan.^[6]

In June 2019 she was named to the Samoa women's national football team for the 2019 Pacific Games.^[7][8]

References

1. Ben Rogers (12 September 2014). "A+ score for Grammar girls' season". Stuff. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
2. Meet the Athletes: Rivalina Fuimaono. Pacific Media Network. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
3. "Rivalina FUIMAONO". Fiji Football. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
4. "Five Things to know about AFF Goalkeeper, Rivalina Fuimaono". Auckland Football Federation. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
5. "Manawatu women in historic Futsal Ferns team to play New Caledonia". Stuff. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
6. "NZ University Futsal teams named for World Champs". Central Football. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
7. "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
8. Soli Wilson (8 June 2019). "Football Pacific Games squad announced". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.