Vito Laloata Explained

Vito Laloata
Fullname:Vito Laloata
Birth Date:15 October 1996[1]
Birth Place:Apia, Samoa
Height:1.88 m [2]
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Lupe ole Soaga
Clubnumber:4
Years1:2012–2020
Clubs1:Lupe ole Soaga
Years2:2020-
Clubs2:Hekari United
Nationalyears1:2013
Nationalteam1:Samoa U17
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2015–
Nationalteam2:Samoa
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals2:2
Ntupdate: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.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 July 2019 align=center 1–0 2–0 2019 Pacific Games
2. align=center 2–0

Notes and References

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