Junior Michael is a former

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from

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, who played as a

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during his career. Michael played for 5 clubs as well as the

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Club career

Titavi FC

Michael began his career with the club from Samoa, spending five years at Titavi FC. During the player's time with the club, Titavi won the Samoa National League in 2000 and competed in the 2000-01 Oceania Club Championship. In the club championship, Titavi finished third in their group of 5 teams, narrowly missing out on the semi-finals of the competition.

Kiwi FC

Junior joined another Samoa-based club, Kiwi FC, in 2002. He only spent a year at the club before moving on again, to play for a foreign team for the first time in his career.

PanSa East FC

Michael signed for

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PanSa East FC PanSa East FC are an American Samoan association football club from Pago Pago who compete in the ASFA Soccer League. PanSa are four-time winners of the domestic league, (currently called the FFAS Senior League) making them American Samoa's most suc ...

in 2003. PanSa are historically

's most successful club, but they failed to win any silverware in the year Michael spent with them. At PanSa, Junior played alongside fellow

n Iosefa Maposua, a defender.

AST Central United

Samoan team AST Central United managed to lure Michael back to his country of birth in 2004. He spent two years at the club. During Michael's first season with Central United, they finished 5th in the Samoa National League. Junior scored twice in nine games in 2004, against Hosanna and Moa Moa. Both games finished 3-0 to Central United. Central United also reached the semi-finals of the Samoan National Cup in 2005, Michael's penultimate season with the club.

Gruz Azull

Gruz were Michael's final club before his retirement in 2007. He only spent a year at the club before hanging up his boots. However, he struck lucky in his decision to join the club, as Gruz Azull won the

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came in qualification matches for a

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. He made his debut for the national team against

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in November 1996, in a 2-0 win for Samoa. The striker made his final appearance for the national team in the 2-1 win over

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in August 2007. One of Michael's goals for his country came in the 8-0 win over

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in 2001. He also scored in a 4-1 loss to

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on 19 May 2004 in the 2004 Oceanian Nations Cup. Oceanian Nations Cup 2004
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Michael, Junior Living people 1971 births Samoan men's footballers Samoa men's international footballers PanSa East F.C. players Men's association football forwards