Toakai Puapua is a Tuvaluan gymnastics and football coach and the former coach of the Tuvalu national football team. From 2014 to 2020, he has been the president of the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA).
Toakai Puapua | |
|---|---|
 Toakai Puapua | |
| President of TNFA | |
| In office 2014–2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Soseala Tinilau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tuvalu |
| Residence(s) | Funafuti, Tuvalu |
| Managerial career | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2008 | Tofaga A | ||
| 2006–2010 | Tuvalu national football team | ||
Career
editFrom 2006 up to 2008 he was coach of Tofaga A, Tofaga won the NBT in 2006 & 2007 and the Independence Cup in 2006.
In 2007, he was the football coach of Tuvalu during the 2007 South Pacific Games in Samoa.[1] The first game of his tenure was a 16-0 loss to Fiji.[2] However Tuvalu fought hard against New Caledonia (who were joint leaders of the competition) and only lost 1-0.[3] Tuvalu then drew 1–1 with Tahiti, with a late equaliser from Viliamu Sekifu,[1][4] who becoming as the first World cup scorer for his country.[5] However the Cook Islands defeated Tuvalu 4-1.[6] Tuvalu finished last in group A, with one point.[7]
In 2011 Puapua was succeeded as coach by Foppe de Haan.[8]
In 2010, Puapua was the coach of the Tuvalu national futsal team at the Oceanian Futsal Championship 2010,[9] they finished seventh of seven teams.
References
edit- ^ a b "Super sub Sekifu leaves Tahiti red-faced". Football Federation of American Samoa. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Race starts with goals galore". FIFA. August 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Hosts' derby joy on day two". FIFA. August 28, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Semi-final line-up takes shape". FIFA. August 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Vilamu Sekifu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Fiji, Solomons seize semi-final slots". FIFA. September 2, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Unknown (September 7, 2007). "Ladder for SPG Men's Football". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Anton Lippold (July 7, 2012). "Coach Foppe de Haan gets Dutch successor in Pacific". Unknown. Unknown. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Unknown (July 20, 2010). "Squads named for OFC Futsal Championship". Unknown. OFC. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
External links
edit- Tuvalu Football
- Tuvalu football project - Dutch Support Tuvalu Foundation (in Dutch, English, French and Spanish)
- Tuvalu national futsal team (2010) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-10-14)
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