Mike Saofaiga

{{short description|Samoan footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mike Saofaiga | fullname = Mike Saofaiga Foai | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|12}}<ref name=FBRef/> | birth_place = Vaiala, Samoa<ref name=FBRef>{{cite web |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/be4100e7/Mike-Saofaiga |title=Mike Saofaiga |publisher=FBRef |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> | height = 1.79 m<ref name=FBRef/> | position = Forward | currentclub = Kiwi FC | clubnumber = 12 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2011– | clubs1 = Kiwi FC | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 16 | nationalyears1 = 2011– | nationalteam1 = Samoa | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = | ntupdate = 18 July 2019 }}

'''Mike Saofaiga Foai''' (born 12 January 1991) is a Samoan footballer who plays as a forward for the Samoa national football team and Kiwi FC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45832.html |title=Mike Saofaiga |website=National-Football-Teams.com |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>

Saofaiga was born in Vaiala.<ref name=FBRef/> He played for Vailima Kiwi FC in the 2016 OFC Champions League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/content/kiwi-and-tupapa-start-strong |title=Kiwi and Tupapa start strong |publisher=Loop Samoa |date=28 January 2016 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/78806250/six-players-redcarded-in-fiery-ofc-champions-league-match-in-auckland |title=Six players red-carded in fiery OFC Champions League match in Auckland |publisher=Stuff |date=11 April 2016 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>

He was selected for the Samoa national football team for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/25939 |title=Prepared for P.N.G. |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Mathias Huckert |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> 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}}</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>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saofaiga, Mike}} Category:Living people Category:1991 births Category:Sportspeople from Tuamasaga Category:Samoan men's footballers Category:21st-century Samoan sportsmen Category:Samoa men's international footballers Category:Vailima Kiwi FC players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:2012 OFC Nations Cup players Category:2016 OFC Nations Cup players