Desmond Fa'aiuaso (born 24 February 1984) is a

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from

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who currently plays for Vailima Kiwi. He currently has both the most caps and the most goals for his home country,

Career

Club

Fa'aiuaso had his first stint in international football with

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side

A.S. Pirae Association Sportive Pirae is a football club from Pirae in Tahiti. They are one of the most successful teams in Tahiti having won the Tahiti Division Fédérale nine times. They are also the first French Polynesian team to have reached the fi ...

and signed up with

YoungHeart Manawatu Manawatu United (previously known as YoungHeart Manawatu) was a football club based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It participated in the New Zealand Football Championship, and fielded a youth side in the National Youth League. Their home g ...

for the 2009–10 season to form an all South Pacific strikeforce with Vanuatuan striker

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. He was the first Samoan to play for New Zealand's national league.

International

He made his debut for

in an April 2001

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match against

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and scored four goals in his second international, against

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. In 2016 he coached the Samoan national team.

Rugby

In 2004 Fa'aiuaso was selected for the Samoa national rugby sevens team for the

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. He was Samoa's top try-scorer in the tournament. In April 2004 he was named to the Samoan team for an Under-21 Rugby World Cup qualifying against Fiji. He was named in the sevens team for the

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Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 4 September 2015''

International goals

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

References

External links

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Player profile
– YoungHeart Manawatu
NZFC stats
– NZFC * 1984 births Living people Samoan footballers Samoa men's international footballers Manawatu United players A.S. Pirae players Vailima Kiwi FC players 2016 OFC Nations Cup players Samoan expatriate footballers Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Samoan expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Men's association football forwards Samoa international rugby sevens players {{samoa-footy-bio-stub