Faalavelave Matagi

{{short description|Samoan footballer (born 1997)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Faalavelvae Matagi | fullname = Faalavelvae Matagi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|13}} | birth_place = Apia, Samoa | height = 1.75 m<ref name="Worldfootball">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe432543/faalavelave-matagi/|title=Profile of F. Matagi|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Lupe ole Soaga | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Vaitele Uta | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = Vailima Kiwi | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = Vaitele Uta | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2016– | clubs4 = Lupe ole Soaga | caps4 = | goals4 = | nationalyears1 = 2013 | nationalteam1 = Samoa U17 | nationalcaps1 = 0 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2016– | nationalteam2 = Samoa U20 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2016– | nationalteam3 = Samoa | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | club-update = | ntupdate = 18 July 2019 }}

'''Faalavelvae Matagi''' (born 13 March 1997)<ref name=FBRef>{{cite web |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/b26d2360/Faalavelave-Matagi |title=Faalavelave Matagi |publisher=FBRef |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> is a Samoan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lupe ole Soaga in the Samoa National League and the Samoa national football team.

Matagi grew up playing rugby, but switched to soccer at the age of 15 when his school team needed a goalkeeper.<ref name=Loop2016a>{{cite web |url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/content/sky-limit-samoa-gloveman |title=Sky is the limit for Samoa gloveman |publisher=Loop Samoa |author=Rita Narayan |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=11 July 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was selected for the Samoa national football team for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.<ref name=Loop2016a/> He captained the Samoa national under-20 football team in the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship.<ref name=Loop2016a/> In June 2019 he was named to the squad for the 2019 Pacific Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/sport/samoa-pacific-games-squad-announced-84992 |title=Samoa Pacific Games squad announced |publisher=Loop Samoa |date=17 June 2019 |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710032649/https://www.loopsamoa.com/sport/samoa-pacific-games-squad-announced-84992 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/43184 |title=Football Pacific Games squad announced |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=8 June 2019 |author=Soli Wilson |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>

In 2017 he was part of the Lupe o le Soaga team contesting the 2017 OFC Champions League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/3658 |title=Samoa's premier soccer team sets off for Tonga |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Sina Filifilia Sevaaetasi |date=21 January 2017 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>

He works as the Goalkeeping Development Officer for Football Federation Samoa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/sport/samoas-island-hopping-keeper-coach-guiding-next-generation-107160 |title=Samoa's island-hopping keeper coach guiding next generation |publisher=Loop Samoa |date=28 November 2021 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{soccerway|faalavelave-matagi/282555}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matagi, Faalavelvae}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Samoan men's footballers Category:21st-century Samoan sportsmen Category:Vailima Kiwi FC players Category:Lupe o le Soaga SC players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Samoa men's under-20 international footballers Category:Samoa men's international footballers Category:Sportspeople from Apia Category:2016 OFC Nations Cup players Category:Samoa men's youth international footballers