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| Full name | Taufa Fukofuka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1979 Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Taufa Fukofuka (born October 22, 1979) is a Tongan rugby league footballer [1] who plays as a five-eighth for the Mu'a Saints in the Tonga National Rugby League competition.
Fukofuka was born in Tonga.
Fukofuka has also appeared on several occasions for the Tonga national rugby league team with his most recent international games coming during the 2006 Federation Shield competition.
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