Sofi Diyalowai
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1993 | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Labasa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Labasa | |||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Fiji | 5[a] | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024 | |||
Sofi Diyalowai (born 14 October 1993) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Labasa FC and the Fiji women's national team.
Diyalowai is from Natokalau in Ba.[5] She started playing football in 2009, and became a referee in 2016.[6] In 2013 she won the Fiji FA women football of the year award.[7] In August 2018 she was named to the Fijian team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[8] In 2019 she trialled for French club Stade De Reims.[9]
She captained the team for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[10]
On 4 February 2024, Diyalowai was called up to the 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[11]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 July 2022 | ANZ Stadium, Suva, Fiji |  New Caledonia |
2–0 | 3–1 | 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 24 July 2022 |  Cook Islands |
1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4. | 24 November 2023 | Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands |  Solomon Islands |
1–1 | 4–1 | 2023 Pacific Games |
| 5. | 7 February 2024 | FFS Football Stadium, Apia, Samoa |  American Samoa |
1–0 | 10–0 | 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 6. | 2–0 | |||||
| 7. | 3–0 | |||||
| 8. | 10 February 2024 |  Papua New Guinea |
1–0 | 4–3 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Talei Matairakula (6 July 2022). "Diyalowai proves critics wrong". FBC. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Sereana Salalo (28 November 2020). "FACT: She's The Only Female Ref". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Zanzeer Singh (4 May 2019). "Fijian woman football striker offered trial in France". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "National women's football squad named for OFC qualifier tournament". Fiji Times. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Rohit Deo (16 May 2019). "Football captain Diyalowai completes French club trials". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Rashika Kumar (30 July 2022). "Diyalowai's father to watch his daughter's first international match live in-person". Fiji Village. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Preview — Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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