Rivalina Fuimaono

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Rivalina Fuimaono (born ~1997) [1] is a New Zealand-Samoan footballer. She plays as a goalkeeper. She has represented New Zealand internationally at Futsal, and has been a member of the Samoa women's national football team.

Fuimaono was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] She began playing football at the age of thirteen for Three Kings United in the Auckland Premier League. [2] She captained the Mt Albert Grammar girls team in 2014, ending the season with a clean sheet. [1] She later played for Papatoetoe AFC, AUT, and Auckland United FC, [3] as well as in the Women’s Futsal Superleague. [4]

In 2015 she was asked to play football for Samoa at the 2015 Pacific Games, but turned down the offer. [2]

In August 2017 she was selected for the first ever Futsal Ferns team. [5] In 2018 she was named to the NZ University Women’s Futsal Team for the 2018 FISU World University Futsal Championship in Kazakhstan. [6]

In June 2019 she was named to the Samoa women's national football team for the 2019 Pacific Games. [7] [8]

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