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'''David Fatialofa''' is a New Zealand rugby league player who played professionally in England for Whitehaven.
==Playing career== Fatialofa was an Auckland Warriors junior and played in the 1995 Lion Red Cup final. He also represented the Junior Kiwis in 1992 and 1993 and played in France during the 1995/96 season.<ref name=boots/><ref name=marras/>
He then moved to England, joining the Whitehaven under New Zealand coach Stan Martin.<ref name=boots>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-28 |title=Fatialofa hangs up his boots |url=https://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/news/17155869.fatialofa-hangs-up-his-boots/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Whitehaven News |language=en}}</ref>
He was named in the 2000 World Cup train on squad for Samoa but did not make the final squad.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30432726.html Samoa s train on squad for the World Cup]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''AAP'', 11 August 2000</ref>
In 2005 Fatialofa won the club's Player of Year award.<ref name=marras>[http://www.marras.co.uk/Mplayers.html Player Profiles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718161404/http://www.marras.co.uk/Mplayers.html |date=18 July 2011 }} ''marras.co.uk''</ref>
He retired at the end of the 2008 season.<ref name=boots/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/whitehaven-rl/16789133.fatialofa-travels-to-leigh-despite-arm-injury/referrerPath=haven/haven-news |title=Fatialofa travels to Leigh despite arm injury |newspaper=News & Star |date=6 September 2008 |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref>
He returned in 2010 to play for Whitehaven in a testimonial match for Neil Frazer.<ref>[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/rl/legends-set-to-turn-out-for-testimonial-1.761471?referrerPath=sport/rl LEGENDS SET TO TURN OUT FOR TESTIMONIAL] ''News & Star'', 24 September 2010</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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