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Mau Penisula

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Mau Penisula
Personal information
Full name Maukope Penisula
Date of birth (1979-05-15) 15 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Marshall Islands
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
FC Manu Laeva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Tofaga B
1999–2011 Tofaga A
2012 Lami All Whites FC
2013–2018 Addisbrough FC
2019 FC Manu Laeva
National team
2003–2010 Tuvalu 14 (0)
2008–2010 Tuvalu futsal 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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Maukope Penisula (born 15 May 1979) is a Tuvaluan footballer who currently plays for FC Manu Laeva in Tuvalu.

He is also a member of Tuvalu national futsal team.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Mau was born in the Marshall Islands, but his parents are from Tuvalu. He grew up in the Marshall Islands and moved to Tuvalu when he was 18 years old. In 2012 he moved to Fiji, where he is married.

Club career[edit]

Mau played for 12 years from 1999 to 2011 for Tuvalu A-Division club Tofaga A. In 2012 he joined Lami All Whites FC, a club from the second division in Fiji. Since April 2013 he played for the Fijian club Addisbrough FC, which participates in the Local League competition in Suva.[2]

International career[edit]

Mau made his debut with Tuvalu at the South Pacific Games 2003 in Fiji, in the match won 3–2 against Kiribati on June 30. Mau featured in all Tuvalu's matches in the competition.

Mau played again with the team four times at the 2007 South Pacific Games in Samoa, where Tuvalu managed to draw 1–1 with current Oceania champions Tahiti.[3]

In 2008 Mau was part of the Tuvalu national futsal team in the Oceanian Futsal Championship, where the team lost all six games, with the same result at the 2010 Championship.[4]

In 2011, he led the Tuvaluan football team to their 4–0 victory over American Samoa, Tuvalu's biggest win ever. In 2011, he represented his country again in the South Pacific Games as a captain against Vanuatu,[5] New Caledonia,[6] and Guam.[7]

Honors[edit]

Tofaga A[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Mau Penisula: a Tuvaluan legend in Fiji oceaniafootballcenter.org
  2. Kumar, Ritesh (25 March 2013). "Suva Local League Starts". Fiji Sun Online. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. "Super sub Sekifu leaves Tahiti red-faced". Football Federation of American Samoa. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. "Squads named for OFC Futsal Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. "Vanuatu have beaten Tuvalu 5–1 in their men's Group A match at Riviere Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. August 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. "New Caledonia have defeated Tuvalu 8–0 in their men's Group A match at Riviere Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 1, 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. "Guam and Tuvalu have drawn 1–1 in their men's Group A match at Rivière Salée in Nouméa at the XIV Pacific Games". Oceania Football Confederation. September 4, 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

External links[edit]

  • Mau Penisula at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).


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