Bitner Tafili
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 5 November 2003||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lupe o le Soaga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Lupe o le Soaga | ||
International career | |||
2018 | Samoa U17 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Junior Bitner Tafili (born 5 November 2003) is a Samoan football and rugby player, who plays for Lupe o le Soaga and has represented Samoa internationally in the Samoa national under-17 football team and Samoa national under-20 rugby union team.
Tafili is from Magiagi.[2] He played as a midfielder for Lupe o le Soaga in the 2020 OFC Champions League.[3] In July 2018 he was selected for the Samoa national under-17 football team for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[4]
He won the golden glove in the Samoan national football league in both 2020,[5] and 2021.[6]
Rugby career
[edit]In 2021 he was selected for the Samoa under-18 national rugby team.[2] In October 2022 he was selected for the Samoa national under-20 rugby union team for the 2022 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bitner Tafili". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b Talaia Mika (27 February 2023). "Sports is his happy place". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "THE CHALLENGE IS UP AND WE ARE READY, SAYS UALESI". OFC. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Angela Lafaialii Pauga (6 July 2018). "High hopes for Samoa's National U-16 Men's Team". OFC. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Vaelei Von Dincklage (11 December 2020). "Football Federation ends year on high note". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Titles decided in Samoa". OFC. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Galumalemana Rudolf Moors Names Junior Manu for Oceania Trophy". Samoa Global News. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Brisin Manu Retzlaff-Lima (4 December 2022). "Samoa Wins PacificAus Sports 2022 Oceania Rugby U20 Trophy". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 27 February 2023.