Michael Tumua Leo
Personal information
Full name John Michael Tumua Leo[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003
Place of birth Apia, Samoa
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lupe o le Soaga
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Vaipuna
2020 → Lupe o le Soaga (loan)
2023– Lupe o le Soaga 22 (45)
International career‡
2018 Samoa U17 6 (2)
2019– Samoa U23 3 (3)
2023– Samoa 3 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:01, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Michael Tumua Leo (born 15 January 2003) is a Samoan association footballer who plays as a forward for Lupe o le Soaga and the Samoa national team.[2]

Club career

Tumua Leo played for Vaipuna SC of the Samoa National League since at least 2018.[3] In 2020, he briefly joined Lupe o le Soaga for the club's 2020 OFC Champions League campaign.[4] Tumua Leo finished the 2021 season with forty-five league goals for Vaipuna as the club finished as runners up to Lupe o le Soaga.[5] After remaining with Vaipuna SC for the 2022 season, the player made a permanent move to Lupe o le Soaga SC in 2023.[6] Soon thereafter he competed with the club in Qualifying Stage of the 2023 OFC Champions League. In the club's opening match, Tumua Leo score fived goals in a 13–0 victory over American Samoa representative Ilaoa and To'omata.[7] He went on to score against Veitongo of Tonga and Tupapa Maraerenga of the Cook Islands en route to qualifying for the Group Stage.[8][9]

International career

As a youth, Tumua Leo represented Samoa in the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[10] In the tournament, he scored a brace against American Samoa in the Qualifying Stage.[11][12] In 2019, he was a member of the national under-23 team that competed in the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[13] He scored against eventual winners New Zealand and another two goals against American Samoa in the Group Stage.[14][15]

In 2019, Tumua Leo was called up to the senior national team for the first time for the 2019 Pacific Games.[16] He would go on to make his senior debut at the 2023 edition of the tournament, earning his first cap on 17 November in a 0–1 defeat to the hosts Solomon Islands.[17] Three days later, he scored five goals in a 10–0 victory over American Samoa.[18]

International goals

Scores and results list the Samoa's goal tally first.[17]

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 November 2023Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands American Samoa2–010–02023 Pacific Games
2.4–0
3.6–0
4.9–0
5.10–0
Last updated 6 December 2023

International career statistics

As of match played 27 November 2023[17]
Samoa national team
YearAppsGoals
202335
Total35

References

  1. ↑ "2018 OFC U-16 Championship-Official Team List" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Pauga, Angela Lafaialii. "High hopes for Samoa's National U-16 Men's Team". Samoa Football Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lupe Looking to Lock In Champions League Spot". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Titles Decided in Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Saltori, Rafael. "Michael Tumua Leo: the upcoming Samoan football star". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Hosts Make Scintillating Start to OFC Champions League Qualifying Tournament". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Bjerkevoll, Ola. "Lupe outclass everyone in OCL qualifier". Football in Oceania. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Lupe o le Soaga on a Class of Their Own at Oceania Champions League". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Samoa U 16 Ready for OFC Meet". Loop Samoa. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "13 Goal Affair Followed by Scoreless Draw". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "American Samoa 3 : 10 Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Pauga, Angela Lafaialii. "Samoa Off to Olympics Qualifier". Samoa Football Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Samoa 1 New Zealand 6". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "American Samoa 0 Samoa 5". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  16. ↑ Pauga, Angela Lafaialii. "Pacific Games Squad announced". Samoa Football Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  17. 1 2 3 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Samoa 10 American Samoa 0" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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