Vito Laloata

Vito Laloata
Personal information
Full name Vito Laloata
Date of birth (1996-10-15) October 15, 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Apia, Samoa[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lupe ole Soaga
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2020 Lupe ole Soaga
2020- Hekari United
International career‡
2013 Samoa U17 3 (0)
2015– Samoa 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2019

Vito Laloata (born 15 October 1996) is a Samoan footballer who plays as a defender for Lupe ole Soaga in the Samoa National League and the Samoa national football team.

Laloata is from Magiagi Tai in Apia.[3] He has played for Lupe ole Soaga since the age of ten.[3]

Laloata played for Lupe ole Soaga in the Samoa National League and OFC Champions League.[4][5] In 2020 he was recruited by Papua New Guinea club Hekari United for the 2020 OFC Champions League.[3][6] He was released by Hekari in May 2020 due to uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

In June 2019 he was named to the Samoa national football team for the 2019 Pacific Games.[8][9]

International goals

Scores and results list Samoa's goal tally first.[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 July 2019 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa  Tonga 1–0 2–0 2019 Pacific Games
2. 2–0

References

  1. ^ a b "Vito Laloata". FBRef. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile of V. Laloata". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "LUPE IN HIGH SPIRITS FOR STAGE ONE". Football Federation Samoa. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Lupe o le Soaga team for OFC Champions league qualifiers named". Loop Samoa. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ Sina Filifilia Sevaaetasi (21 January 2017). "Samoa's premier soccer team sets off for Tonga". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ Thomas Airey (11 February 2020). "Laloata makes cut for Champions League football". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ Parker Tambua (21 May 2020). "Hekari release imports". The National. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ Soli Wilson (8 June 2019). "Football Pacific Games squad announced". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Vito Laloata". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 July 2019.


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