Jaiyah Saelua
| Johnny Saelua | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Jaiyah Saelua | |
| birthday | July 19, 1988 | |
| position | Defender | |
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Konica Machine | ||
| Savage FC | ||
| Lion Heart FC | ||
| –2014 | FC SKBC | |
| Ilaoa and To'omata | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2004– | American Samoa | 15 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of April 19, 2020 2 As of April 19, 2020 |
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Jaiyah "Johnny" Saelua (born July 19, 1988 ) is a soccer player who competes for the American-Samoan men's national soccer team .
The biologically male born defender who lives as a woman is the first Fa'afafine to represent her country in football. She is the first openly transgender person to ever take part in an international soccer match. Saelua played in the historic 2-1 win against the Tonga national team , the first ever victory for the American-Samoan men's national team.
Saelua is studying art at the University of Hawaii . In the British soccer documentary Next Goal Wins - The game of her life , which was published in 2014, she can be seen alongside her teammate and coach Thomas Rongen.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Transe" secures Samoa's first international win , heute.at, February 4, 2019.
- ↑ James Montague: A First in Cup Qualifying for a Player and a Team NY Times, November 25, 2011, accessed February 4, 2019. Print: New York edition, November 26, 2011, p. D7.
- ↑ VIDEO: “Next Goal Wins” trailer details 'worst team in the world' , accessed on May 30, 2016
- ↑ Hollywood treatment for American Samoa , accessed May 30, 2016
Web links
- Johnny Saelua in the database of FIFA (English)
- Jaiyah Saelua in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Jaiyah Saelua in the database of transfermarkt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saelua, Jaiyah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saelua, Johnny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Samoan soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1988 |