{{Short description|Samoan footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Silao Malo | image = | fullname = Silao Malo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Samoa | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Vaimoso | clubnumber = | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2013 | clubs1 = Vailima Kiwi | years2 = 2013–2016 | clubs2 = Lupe o le Soaga | years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = Vaimoso | years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = Kiwi FC | years5 = 2016– | clubs5 = Vaimoso | pcupdate = 1 June 2016 | nationalyears1 = 2011– | nationalteam1 = Samoa | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | ntupdate = 12 June 2016 }}
'''Silao Malo''' (born 30 December 1990, in Samoa) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vaimoso and Samoa.
==International career== On 26 November 2011, Malo scored the winning goal against American Samoa that qualified Samoa to OFC Nations Cup for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/matches/round=258402/match=300179075/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204223248/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/matches/round=258402/match=300179075/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 December 2011|title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™: Samoa-American Samoa - Report |last=FIFA.com|work=fifa.com|access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> Malo also scored the only Samoan goal at 2012 OFC Nations Cup in a 10–1 loss against Tahiti at their debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/matches/round=258398/match=300197596/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007005153/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/matches/round=258398/match=300197596/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2012|title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™: Samoa-Tahiti - Report |last=FIFA.com|work=fifa.com|access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> In the following match, against Vanuatu, he was fouled inside the penalty box, but Andrew Setefano failed to score from the penalty spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planotatico.com/index.php/2012/06/vanuatu-e-costa-do-marfim-encontram-facilidade-zimbabue-perde-em-casa/|title=Vanuatu e Costa do Marfim encontram facilidade; Zimbábue perde em casa|work=planotatico.com|access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>
He was selected for the Samoan 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=5 May 2023}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || 26 November 2011 || Toleafoa J. S. Blatter Soccer Stadium, Apia || {{fb|ASA}} || '''1'''-0 || 1-0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 2 || 1 June 2012 || Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara || {{fb|TAH}} || '''1'''-6 || 1-10 || 2012 OFC Nations Cup |}
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==External links== {{NFT player|pid=45781}}
{{Samoa squad 2012 OFC Nations Cup}} {{Samoa squad 2016 OFC Nations Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malo, Silao}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Samoan men's footballers Category:21st-century Samoan sportsmen Category:Vailima Kiwi FC players Category:Lupe o le Soaga SC players Category:Samoa men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:2012 OFC Nations Cup players Category:2016 OFC Nations Cup players
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