Back چاياه سايلوا ARZ Jaiyah Saelua German Jaiyah Saelua Spanish Jaiyah Saelua Basque Jaiyah Saelua French Jayah Saelua Italian ジャイヤ・サエルア Japanese Jaiyah Saelua Portuguese 乔雅·萨埃卢阿 Chinese
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaiyah Tauasuesimeamativa Saelua[1] | ||
| Date of birth | July 19, 1988[2] | ||
| 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) |
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*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]
- ^ a b "Jaiyah Saelua". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- ^ "Jaiyah Saelua FIFA profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007.
- ^ a b Smith, Pete (August 28, 2014). "Jaiyah Saelua: if I experience transphobia I just tackle harder". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^ Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu, Football's first fa’afafine: trans rights trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua on stardom and sisterhood Archived August 2, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, 31 July 2020, The Guardian
- ^ "Football's first fa'afafine: Trans rights trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua on stardom and sisterhood". TheGuardian.com. July 31, 2020. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ The Remarkable Story of American Samoa, BBC World Service, December 23, 2011, archived from the original on October 15, 2014, retrieved June 5, 2014
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Re-makewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cockerill, Michael (November 26, 2011). "Finally making history for all the right reasons". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ "VIDEO: "Next Goal Wins" trailer details 'worst team in the world'". NBC Sports Radio. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Hollywood treatment for American Samoa". FIFA World. March 13, 2013. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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