Toakai Puapua

Toakai Puapua is a Tuvaluan gymnastics and football coach and the former coach of the Tuvalu national football team. Since 2014 he has been the president of the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA).

Toakai Puapua
Toakai Puapua
President of TNFA
Assumed office
2014
Personal details
BornTuvalu
ResidenceFunafuti, Tuvalu
Personal information
Position(s) Coach/Manager
Teams managed
Years Team
2006–2008 Tofaga A
2006–2010 Tuvalu national football team

Career

From 2006 up to 2008 he was coach of Tofaga A, Tofaga won the NBT in 2006 & 2007 and the Independence Cup in 2006.

In 2007, he was the football coach of Tuvalu during the 2007 South Pacific Games in Samoa.[1] The first game of his tenure was a 16-0 loss to Fiji.[2] However Tuvalu fought hard against New Caledonia (who were joint leaders of the competition) and only lost 1-0.[3] Tuvalu then drew 1–1 with Tahiti, with a late equaliser from Viliamu Sekifu,[1][4] who becoming as the first World cup scorer for his country.[5] However the Cook Islands defeated Tuvalu 4-1.[6] Tuvalu finished last in group A, with one point.[7]

In 2011 Puapua was succeeded as coach by Foppe de Haan.[8]

In 2010, Puapua was the coach of the Tuvalu national futsal team at the Oceanian Futsal Championship 2010,[9] they finished seventh of seven teams.

References
  1. "Super sub Sekifu leaves Tahiti red-faced". Football Federation of American Samoa. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. "Race starts with goals galore". FIFA. August 26, 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. "Hosts' derby joy on day two". FIFA. August 28, 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. "Semi-final line-up takes shape". FIFA. August 30, 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. "Vilamu Sekifu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. "Fiji, Solomons seize semi-final slots". FIFA. September 2, 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  7. Unknown (September 7, 2007). "Ladder for SPG Men's Football". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  8. Anton Lippold (July 7, 2012). "Coach Foppe de Haan gets Dutch successor in Pacific". Unknown. Unknown. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  9. Unknown (July 20, 2010). "Squads named for OFC Futsal Championship". Unknown. OFC. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.


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