Motu Hafoka

{{short description|Samoan footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Motu Hafoka | fullname = Motu Hafoka | birth_date = {{birth date|1987|3|13|df=y}} | birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|30|1987|3|13|df=y}} |death_place = Matautu-uta, Apia | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 2012– | nationalteam1 = Samoa | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = | ntupdate = 10 March 2013 }}

'''Motu Hafoka''' (13 March 1987 – 30 June 2012) was a Samoan footballer who played as a goalkeeper.<ref>{{NFT player|id=47821|name=Motu Hafoka| accessdate = 10 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/motu-hafoka/245680/ | title=Motu Hafoka Profile | publisher=Soccerway | accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=m1>{{cite web | url=http://www.talamua.com/former-national-football-representative-committed-suicide/ | title=Former National Football Representative committed suicide | publisher=Talamua | date=2 July 2012 | accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref> He represented Samoa in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup and in the 2007 OFC U-20 Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/d493198f-0ff7-419d-a80d-81e30a1dd593/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx | title=Oceania football family mourns loss of pair | publisher=OFC | accessdate=27 April 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505064252/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/d493198f-0ff7-419d-a80d-81e30a1dd593/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx | archivedate=5 May 2015 | df= }}</ref>

He committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in his family's back yard on Saturday, 30 June 2012. It is believed that "differences with his family" were the cause of the suicide.<ref name=m1/>

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