John Michael Tumua Leo (born 15 January 2003) is a

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

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er who plays as a

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for Lupe o le Soaga and the Samoa national team.

Club career

Tumua Leo played for Vaipuna SC of the Samoa National League since at least 2018. In 2020, he briefly joined Lupe o le Soaga for the club's

2020 OFC Champions League The 2020 OFC Champions League was the 19th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 14th season under the current OFC Champions League name ...

campaign. Tumua Leo finished the 2021 season with forty-five league goals for Vaipuna as the club finished as runners up to Lupe o le Soaga. After remaining with Vaipuna SC for the 2022 season, the player made a permanent move to Lupe o le Soaga SC in 2023. Soon thereafter he competed with the club in

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of the

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. In the club's opening match, Tumua Leo score fived goals in a 13–0 victory over

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representative

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. He went on to score against Veitongo of

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and Tupapa Maraerenga of the

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en route to qualifying for the Group Stage.

International career

As a youth, Tumua Leo represented Samoa in the

2018 OFC U-16 Championship The 2018 OFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of ...

. In the tournament, he scored a brace against

in the Qualifying Stage. In 2019, he was a member of the national under-23 team that competed in the

2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) was the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by th ...

. He scored against eventual winners

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and another two goals against

in the Group Stage. In 2019, Tumua Leo was called up to the senior national team for the first time for the

2019 Pacific Games The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The event was init ...

. He would go on to make his senior debut at the 2023 edition of the tournament, earning his first cap on 17 November in a 0–1 defeat to the hosts

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. Three days later, he scored five goals in a 10–0 victory over

International goals

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

International career statistics

References

External links

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Oceania Football Center profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tumua, John Michael 2003 births Living people Samoan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Samoa men's international footballers Lupe o le Soaga SC players