Liueli Fusimalohi
Liueli Fusimalohi (born c. 1966) is a Tongan former rugby union player[2] and coach. He played as fullback.
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| Date of birth | c. 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Water Board officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Despite being member of the 1987 Rugby World Cup squad, Fusimalohi did not play any match of in the tournament, due to Tali Ete'aki being the first-choice fullback for Tonga in the tournament. He began his international career with Tonga on 29 August 1987, against Fiji in Suva. His last international cap was against Fiji, in Suva, on 11 June 1991. He earned 5 matches, 0 points and 0 conversions in aggregate.[3]
Coaching career
Between 2000 and 2001, he served as assistant coach for Tonga under the tenure of the then-head coach Valita Ueleni.[4] Since 2015, Fusimalohi coaches the Tonga national under-20 rugby union team.[5]
References
- Photo of the Tonga 1991 squad on The Tonga Chronicle
- "Liueli Fusimalohi". ESPN scrum.
- Liueli Fusimalohi profile at ESPN Scrum
- "Team Tonga - Teivovo.com". fijirugbyunion.com. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- "Tonga Under-20s start well at Oceania rugby meet". Nuku'alofa Times. 29 November 2015.
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