Paulo Scanlan (also known as Paul Scanlan) (born 9 August 1996) is a Samoan

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and

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player who has played for the

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and

Samoa national rugby sevens team The Samoa national rugby sevens team, referred to as Samoa Sevens or Manu Samoa 7s, competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. Representing the polynesian country of Samoa, with a population of about 202,000, the team competes against so ...

. Scanlan played football as a

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for Vaipuna in the

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at the

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on May 29, 2016 in their 4–0 loss against

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. In 2019 he played for

Vailima Kiwi FC Kiwi FC is a Samoan football club based in Apia. It currently plays in the Samoa National League. The team has won the most titles of any Samoan football team (9 in total) - 7 leagues and 2 cups. Honours * Samoa National League: 7 ::1984, 1985, ...

in the 2019 OFC Champions League. In December 2019 he announced he was leaving football to pursue a career in rugby. In April 2019 he was selected for the

to play in the Hong Kong sevens. He subsequently played in Dubai. In June 2021 he was selected for the

2020 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament The final qualification repechage tournament for men's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 18–20 June 2021 at Stade Louis II in Monaco. The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier, but was postponed until 2021 due ...

. In December 2021 he was part of the team for the World Sevens Series. In July 2022 he was named to the team to represent Samoa at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. He later competed at the

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* 1996 births Living people Samoan men's footballers Samoa men's international footballers Samoa men's youth international footballers Samoa international rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games competitors for Samoa Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Vailima Kiwi FC players 2016 OFC Nations Cup players Men's association football midfielders {{Samoa-rugbyunion-bio-stub