Tuia Falepapalangi

Tuia Falepapalangi (born 15 July 2000) is a Tongan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tongan club Lotohaʻapai United and the Tonga national team.

Club career

Falepapalangi started his career with Veitongo. In 2017 and 2018 he played with the club in the OFC Champions League, making his debut at the age of 16. In 2018, after Lotoha'apai United was crowned champions of Tonga, he moved to Lotoha'apai to play with them in the 2019 OFC Champions League. So far he played 9 games at the OFC Champions League, scoring 3 goals. All of them were scored on January 27, 2019 in a 5-1 victory over Pago Youth.

International career

In 2019 Falepapalangi was called up by Timote Moleni for the Tonga national football team to play at the 2019 Pacific Games. He made his debut on July 8, 2019, in an 13–0 loss against the New Zealand where he played the whole 90 minutes.

Personal life

Tuia's father, Halapua Falepapalangi, is also a former Tonga international. During the 2017 OFC Champions League they made headlines by becoming the first father and son at the same time in this competition.. His grandfather, Tuiakaetau Falepapalangi, born on March 21, 1949, also played for Tonga.