Vaisua Liva

Vaisua Liva
Personal information
Full name Vaisua Malofou Liva
Date of birth (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993
Place of birth Nukulaelae, Tuvalu
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Waitakere City FC
Number 7
Youth career
FC Manu Laeva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 FC Manu Laeva
2012 Brabantia
2013 – 2016 Waitakere City FC
National team
2011– Tuvalu 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vaisua Liva (born 20 January 1993, in Nukulaelae) is a Tuvaluan footballer who currently plays for Waitakere City FC, and the national football team of Tuvalu.

Club career

Vaisua played from 2008 up to 2012 for FC Manu Laeva. He arrived on 5 oktober 2012 at Schiphol, Amsterdam, for a training period of 3 months in the Netherlands. During these months he will train together with Alopua Petoa at the second team of Brabantia. The aim of the training is to improve the quality of both football players and preparing scouting reports for Clubs in New Zealand. Aim is to make both players the first Semi-Pro footballers of Tuvalu. Besides training and playing for the second team of Brabantia both players also will follow intensive training courses to become youth football coaches and they will visit several matches of Dutch professional clubs.[1] Since February 2013 he played for Waitakere City FC.[2] His current team is FC Tofaga.

International career

He made his debut for the Tuvalu national football team in the match against Samoa on August 22, 2011.

He played four games for the national football team at the Pacific games 2011: against Vanuatu,[3] New Caledonia,[4] Solomon Islands,[5] and Guam.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Cruijff en Kromme' uit Tuvalu jagen droom in Nederland na". 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Vaisua Liva and Alopua Petoa start their internship at Waitakere City FC". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Vanuatu have beaten Tuvalu 5–1 in their men's Group A match at Riviere Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. August 30, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  4. ↑ "New Caledonia have defeated Tuvalu 8–0 in their men's Group A match at Riviere Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 1, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Solomon Islands have beaten Tuvalu in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 3, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Guam and Tuvalu have drawn 1–1 in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 4, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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