Pharrell Trainor

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Pharrell Trainor
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-06-20) 20 June 2006 (age 17)
Place of birth Australia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 TSV Schott Mainz
Number 9
Youth career
2020–2021 Charlestown Azzurri
2021–2022 Valentine Eleebana
2022–2023 Newcastle Jets
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023 Samoa U17 3 (4)
2023– Samoa 3 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Pharrell Trainor (born 20 June 2006) is a Samoan soccer player who plays as a forward for TSV Schott Mainz and the Samoa national team. [1]

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Club career

At the beginning of the 2021 season, Trainor moved from Charlestown Azzurri to the U15 squad of Valentine Eleebana. [2] In July 2021, he was selected to represent Northern NSW Football at the National Youth Championships. [3] In September of that year, he was selected to join the academy of A-League Men club Newcastle Jets. [2] He was a member of the Jets U18s as the prepared for the upcoming FNSW Boys Youth League One season in February 2023. [4] In October 2023, he was selected to join the squad of SC Victoria Griesheim 06 in Germany. In the summer transfer window of 2024 Pharrell signed a one year contract with TSV Schott Mainz.

International career

Born in Australia, Trainor is of Samoan heritage. [5] His family is from the village of Magiagi Tai and he is the nephew of Satiu Simativa Perese, Chief Justice of Samoa. [6] He was selected to captain the national U17 team in the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship. He went on to score four goals in a victory over Tonga as Samoa advanced to the knockout stage. [7] [8] He made his senior international debut on November 17, 2023, in a 1–0 defeat to the Solomon Islands at the 2023 Pacific Games. [9] In the team's next match, Trainor converted a penalty en route to a 10–0 victory over American Samoa. [10]

International goals

Scores and results list the Samoa's goal tally first. [9]

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 November 2023 Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3–010–0 2023 Pacific Games
Last updated 20 November 2023

International career statistics

As of match played 27 November 2023 [9]
Samoa national team
YearAppsGoals
202331
Total31

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References

  1. ↑ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Pharrell Trainor is another one of Valentines youth players that have been selected for the Jets in 2022". Valentine Eleebana FC. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Players selected to represent NNSW at the 2021 National Youth Championships" (PDF). Northern NSW Football. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Tsamouras, George. "U18s Newcastle Jets return to training for the 2023 season". George Tsamouras Football Journey. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Ewart, Richard. "Heritage players underpinning Samoa's bid to rise up the OFC rankings". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Limā, David. "Samoa Defeats Tonga 6-0 in Second Match of OFC U17 Championship". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Saltori, Rafael. "Samoa thrashes Tonga as Pharrell Trainor puts on a show in OFC U-17 Championship". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Captain's Knock from Trainor as Samoa Beat Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Samoa-American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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