Lapalapa Toni
Personal information
Full name Lapalapa Sene Crichton Toni
Date of birth (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lupe o le Soaga
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Lupe o le Soaga
2016 Vailima Kiwi
2016– Lupe o le Soaga
International career‡
2015– Samoa 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2019

Lapalapa Toni (born 7 April 1994)[1] is a Samoan footballer who plays as a forward for Lupe o le Soaga and the Samoa national football team.

Career

In 2017 Toni was the topscorer of the Samoan league.[2] He was part of the Lupe o le Soaga squads for the 2014-15,[3][4] 2017,[5][6] and 2018 OFC Champions Leagues.[7] In 2019 he played for the Havelock North Wanderers while living in New Zealand.[8] In 2020 he returned to Lupe o le Soaga for the 2020 OFC Champions League.[9]

He made his debut for the Samoa national football team on August 31, 2015 in a 3–2 victory against American Samoa.[10] He was selected for the team for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.[11] In June 2019 he was named to the squad for the 2019 Pacific Games.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Lapalapa Toni". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lapalapa Toni is the best striker in Samoa – now it's time for the O League". Oceaniafc.com. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lupe o le Soaga to debut in OFC Champions League Preliminary". Football Federation Samoa. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Zanzeer Singh (12 April 2015). "Dramatic comeback for Lupe Ole Soaga in debut game". Fiji Times. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lupe o le Soaga team for OFC Champions league qualifiers named". Loop Samoa. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Sina Filifilia Sevaaetasi (21 January 2017). "Samoa's premier soccer team sets off for Tonga". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Carlos Aruafu (3 March 2018). "MARIST SECURE SPOT". Solomon Star. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Football: Havelock North Wanderers' policy of recruiting is beginning to show talent, depth". New Zealand Herald. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Samoa's Lupe o le Soaga Football to face Pacific's best". Loop Samoa. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Sport: Cook Islands and Samoa make winning start to football qualifiers". RNZ. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Mathias Huckert (24 May 2016). "Prepared for P.N.G." Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Soli Wilson (8 June 2019). "Football Pacific Games squad announced". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.


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