# Faalavelave Matagi

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{{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](/source/Apia), [Samoa](/source/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](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Lupe ole Soaga](/source/Lupe_ole_Soaga)
| clubnumber  = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1      = 2013–2016
| clubs1      = [Vaitele Uta](/source/BSL_Vaitele_Uta)
| caps1       = 
| goals1      = 
| years2      = 2016
| clubs2      = [Vailima Kiwi](/source/Vailima_Kiwi_FC)
| caps2       = 
| goals2      = 
| years3      = 2016
| clubs3      = [Vaitele Uta](/source/BSL_Vaitele_Uta)
| caps3       = 
| goals3      = 
| years4      = 2016–
| clubs4      = [Lupe ole Soaga](/source/Lupe_ole_Soaga)
| caps4       = 
| goals4      = 
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1  = [Samoa U17](/source/Samoa_national_under-17_football_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016–
| nationalteam2  = [Samoa U20](/source/Samoa_national_under-20_football_team)
| nationalcaps2  = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2016–
| nationalteam3  = [Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_football_team)
| 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](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [goalkeeper](/source/goalkeeper_(association_football)) for [Lupe ole Soaga](/source/Lupe_ole_Soaga) in the [Samoa National League](/source/Samoa_National_League) and the [Samoa national football team](/source/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](/source/Samoa_national_football_team) for the [2016 OFC Nations Cup](/source/2016_OFC_Nations_Cup).<ref name=Loop2016a/> He captained the [Samoa national under-20 football team](/source/Samoa_national_under-20_football_team) in the [2016 OFC U-20 Championship](/source/2016_OFC_U-20_Championship).<ref name=Loop2016a/> In June 2019 he was named to the squad for the [2019 Pacific Games](/source/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](/source/Lupe_o_le_Soaga) team contesting the [2017 OFC Champions League](/source/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](/source/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>

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

{{Samoa squad 2016 OFC Nations Cup}}

{{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

{{Samoa-footy-bio-stub}}

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