Vito Laloata

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Vito Laloata
Personal information
Full name Vito Laloata
Date of birth (1996-10-15) October 15, 1996 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Apia, Samoa [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Lupe ole Soaga
Number 4
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2020 Lupe ole Soaga
2020- Hekari United
International career
2013 Samoa U17 3 (0)
2015– Samoa 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2019

Vito Laloata (born 15 October 1996) is a Samoan footballer who plays as a defender for Lupe ole Soaga in the Samoa National League and the Samoa national football team.

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Laloata is from Magiagi Tai in Apia. [3] He has played for Lupe ole Soaga since the age of ten. [3]

Laloata played for Lupe ole Soaga in the Samoa National League and OFC Champions League. [4] [5] In 2020 he was recruited by Papua New Guinea club Hekari United for the 2020 OFC Champions League. [3] [6] He was released by Hekari in May 2020 due to uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

In June 2019 he was named to the Samoa national football team for the 2019 Pacific Games. [8] [9]

International goals

Scores and results list Samoa's goal tally first. [10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 July 2019 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 1–02–0 2019 Pacific Games
2.2–0

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References

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  2. "Profile of V. Laloata". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "LUPE IN HIGH SPIRITS FOR STAGE ONE". Football Federation Samoa. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. "Lupe o le Soaga team for OFC Champions league qualifiers named". Loop Samoa. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. Sina Filifilia Sevaaetasi (21 January 2017). "Samoa's premier soccer team sets off for Tonga". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. Thomas Airey (11 February 2020). "Laloata makes cut for Champions League football". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. Parker Tambua (21 May 2020). "Hekari release imports". The National. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. Soli Wilson (8 June 2019). "Football Pacific Games squad announced". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. "Vito Laloata". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 July 2019.