| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Savaliga Afu | ||
| Place of birth | American Samoa | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pago Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000– | Pago Youth | ||
| National team | |||
| 2002–2004 | American Samoa | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Savaliga Afu (born 1 November 1980) is an association footballer from American Samoa. Afu plays as a defender and has spent his entire club career at Pago Youth FC in his home country. He has also played and scored for the American Samoa national association football team.
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Afu joined Pago Boys in 2000 and has remained at the club since.[1] During this time, Pago have won the ASFA Soccer League twice, in 2008 and 2010.[2] The team also finished as league runners-up in 2007.
The defender first played for American Samoa in 2002, at the 2002 OFC Nations Cup, held in New Zealand. He scored his only international goal in the 7-2 loss to Tonga on 12 March, netting his country's second goal in in the 70th minute. After the Nations Cup, Afu proceeded to play in four 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers which were played in Apia, Samoa in 2004.[3] American Samoa lost all four matches, which were against Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu and Fiji.