Junior Bitner Tafili
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-11-05) 5 November 2003[1]
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

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

  1. ↑ "Bitner Tafili". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 Talaia Mika (27 February 2023). "Sports is his happy place". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "THE CHALLENGE IS UP AND WE ARE READY, SAYS UALESI". OFC. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Angela Lafaialii Pauga (6 July 2018). "High hopes for Samoa's National U-16 Men's Team". OFC. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Vaelei Von Dincklage (11 December 2020). "Football Federation ends year on high note". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Titles decided in Samoa". OFC. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Galumalemana Rudolf Moors Names Junior Manu for Oceania Trophy". Samoa Global News. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Brisin Manu Retzlaff-Lima (4 December 2022). "Samoa Wins PacificAus Sports 2022 Oceania Rugby U20 Trophy". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 27 February 2023.


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