| Desmond Fa'aiuaso | |
| Fullname: | Desmond Richmond Fa'aiuaso |
| Birth Date: | 1984 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Samoa |
| Currentclub: | Strickland Brothers Lepea |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Position: | Striker |
| Years1: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs1: | Titavi |
| Years2: | 2002–2004 |
| Clubs2: | Strickland Brothers Lepea |
| Goals2: | 38 |
| Years3: | 2005 |
| Clubs3: | Tuanaimoto Breeze |
| Clubs4: | A.S. Pirae |
| Years4: | 2005–2007 |
| Years5: | 2007–2009 |
| Clubs5: | Strickland Brothers Lepea |
| Years6: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs6: | YoungHeart Manawatu |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2010–2014 |
| Clubs7: | Team Taranaki |
| Clubs8: | Central United |
| Years8: | 2014–2016 |
| Years9: | 2016 |
| Clubs9: | Strickland Brothers Lepea |
| Clubs10: | Vailima Kiwi |
| Years10: | 2016 |
| Years11: | 2016– |
| Clubs11: | Strickland Brothers Lepea |
| Nationalyears1: | 2001–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Samoa |
| Nationalcaps1: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 9 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 June 2016 |
| Ntupdate: | 24 August 2020 |
Desmond Fa'aiuaso (born 24 February 1984) is a Football striker from Samoa who currently plays for Vailima Kiwi. He currently has both the most caps and the most goals for his home country, Samoa.
Fa'aiuaso had his first stint in international football with Tahiti side A.S. Pirae and signed up with YoungHeart Manawatu for the 2009–10 season to form an all South Pacific strikeforce with Vanuatuan striker Seule Soromon.[1] [2] He was the first Samoan to play for New Zealand's national league.[3]
He made his debut for Samoa in an April 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Tonga and scored four goals in his second international, against American Samoa.
In 2016 he coached the Samoan national team.[3]
In 2004 Fa'aiuaso was selected for the Samoa national rugby sevens team for the 2004 Hong Kong Sevens. He was Samoa's top try-scorer in the tournament.[4] In April 2004 he was named to the Samoan team for an Under-21 Rugby World Cup qualifying against Fiji.[5] He was named in the sevens team for the 2007 Dubai Sevens.[6]
| Samoa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | |
Scores and results list. Samoa's goal tally first.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 April 2001 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 2. | 4–0 | ||||||
| 3. | 7–0 | ||||||
| 4. | 8–0 | ||||||
| 5. | 14 March 2002 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 1–0 | 5–0 | |||
| 6. | 5–0 | ||||||
| 7. | 27 August 2007 | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||||
| 8. | 29 August 2007 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||
| 9. | 31 August 2015 | 1–0 | 3–2 | [8] | |||