Michael Sio (born 16 May 1993) is a

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international

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footballer who was most recently contracted to

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( Heritage № 1360) in the

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. He primarily plays as a , and has represented

at the

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, 2014 Four Nations and 2015 Polynesian Cup.

Early life

Sio was born in

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, New Zealand. He attended St. Paul's College, where he was a prefect.

Playing career

Sio played junior league for the

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before he was signed by the

New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

. He played for the Junior Warriors in the

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, captaining the side in 2013. At the end of the 2013 season he was awarded the

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Medal as the Junior Warriors' player of the year. He played for the

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in 2011. Sio was called up to the Samoan squad for the 2013 World Cup to replace

Masada Iosefa Masada Iosefa (26 January 1988 – 25 January 2021) was a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s for the Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the NRL. Early life Born in Motoʻotua, Apia, Samoa, Ios ...

. In May 2014, Michael played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific International. On 7 October 2014, Sio was selected in the Samoan side for the 2014 Four Nations series. He came in as a late replacement to play in the 2015 Polynesian Cup test-match. Sio joined the

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in the

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for the 2015 season. However, on 22 June 2015, he signed a -year contract with

club

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

. He left the club at the end of the 2017 season.

References

External links

Wakefield Trinity profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sio, Michael 1993 births Living people Auckland rugby league team players Mackay Cutters players Marist Saints players New Zealand people of Samoan descent New Zealand rugby league players People educated at St Paul's College, Auckland Rugby league hookers Rugby league second-rows Samoa national rugby league team players Wakefield Trinity players