# Junior Michael

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{{Short description|Samoan footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Junior Michael
| image          =
| fullname       = Junior Palusam Michael
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1971|04|15|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Samoa](/source/Samoa)
| death_date     =
| height         =
| position       = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| currentclub    = 
| youthyears1    = | youthclubs1 =
| years1= 1996–2001 | clubs1 = Titavi FC | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2= 2002 | clubs2 = Kiwi FC | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3= 2003 | clubs3 = [PanSa East FC](/source/PanSa_East_FC) | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4= 2004–2006 | clubs4 = AST Central United | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5= 2007 | clubs5 = Gruz Azull | caps5 = | goals5 =
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2007 | nationalteam1 =[Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 =5
| manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 =
}}

'''Junior Michael''' is a former [association footballer](/source/association_footballer) from [Samoa](/source/Samoa), who played as a [forward](/source/forward_(association_football)) during his career. Michael played for 5 clubs as well as the [Samoa national football team](/source/Samoa_national_football_team).

==Club career==

===Titavi FC===

Michael began his career with the club from Samoa, spending five years at Titavi FC. During the player's time with the club, Titavi won the Samoa National League in 2000 and competed in the [2000-01 Oceania Club Championship](/source/2000-01_Oceania_Club_Championship). In the club championship, Titavi finished third in their group of 5 teams, narrowly missing out on the semi-finals of the competition.

===Kiwi FC===

Junior joined another Samoa-based club, Kiwi FC, in 2002. He only spent a year at the club before moving on again, to play for a foreign team for the first time in his career.

===PanSa East FC===

Michael signed for [American Samoa](/source/American_Samoa)n side [PanSa East FC](/source/PanSa_East_FC) in 2003. PanSa are historically [American Samoa](/source/American_Samoa)'s most successful club,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/amsamoachamp.html American Samoa - List of Champions] Retrieved 14 August 2011</ref> but they failed to win any silverware in the year Michael spent with them. At PanSa, Junior played alongside fellow [Samoa](/source/Samoa)n Iosefa Maposua, a defender.

===AST Central United===

Samoan team AST Central United managed to lure Michael back to his country of birth in 2004. He spent two years at the club. During Michael's first season with Central United, they finished 5th in the Samoa National League.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/samoa04.html Samoa 2004] Retrieved 14 August 2011</ref> Junior scored twice in nine games in 2004, against Hosanna and Moa Moa. Both games finished 3–0 to Central United.  Central United also reached the semi-finals of the Samoan National Cup in 2005, Michael's penultimate season with the club.

===Gruz Azull===

Gruz were Michael's final club before his retirement in 2007. He only spent a year at the club before hanging up his boots. However, he struck lucky in his decision to join the club, as Gruz Azull won the [Samoa National League](/source/Samoa_National_League) in 2007 for the only time in their history.

==International career==

All of Michael's 13 appearances for [Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_football_team) came in qualification matches for a [FIFA World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup). He made his debut for the national team against [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands_national_football_team) in November 1996, in a 2–0 win for Samoa.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123225833/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=158711/index.html FIFA.com - Junior MICHAEL - Player Statistics] Retrieved 14 August 2011</ref> The striker made his final appearance for the national team in the 2–1 win over [Tonga](/source/Tonga_national_football_team) in  August 2007.

One of Michael's goals for his country came in the 8–0 win over [American Samoa](/source/American_Samoa_national_football_team) at [Coffs Harbour](/source/Coffs_Harbour), [Australia](/source/Australia) in 2001.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517044503/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/samoa-eliminatorias-copa-mundo-80330 Historiay Futbol (in Spanish)]}} Retrieved 15 August 2011</ref> He also scored in a 4–1 loss to [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_national_football_team) on 19 May 2004 in the 2004 Oceanian Nations Cup.<ref>[http://www.kooora2.com/main.aspx?player=10998&region=-11 Goals scored by: Nathaniel Lepani]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 2004]</ref>

==References==

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Category:Living people
Category:1971 births
Category:Samoan men's footballers
Category:Samoa men's international footballers
Category:PanSa East F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards

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