Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jaiyah Tauasuesimeamativa Saelua[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | July 19, 1988||
Place of birth | Leone, American Samoa[1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Position(s) | Center back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ilaoa and To'omata | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Konica Machine | |||
Savage FC | |||
Lion Heart FC | |||
FC SKBC | |||
Ilaoa and To'omata | |||
International career‡ | |||
2004– | American Samoa | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2019 |
Jaiyah Tauasuesimeamativa Saelua (born July 19, 1988) is an American Samoan footballer who plays as a center back for the American Samoa national team.
Saelua is a faʻafafine, a third gender present in Polynesian society.[3][4] She is the first openly non-binary and trans woman[5] to compete in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.[3][6]
She was prominently featured in the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins, about the American Samoa team, and the 2023 biographical comedy-drama also called Next Goal Wins directed by Taika Waititi, in which she is portrayed by Kaimana.[7][8][9][10]
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