Torijan Lyne-Lewis

Torijan Lyne-Lewis is a New Zealand-born Samoan footballer who plays as a midfielder and a forward. She is a member of the Samoa women's national football team. In New Zealand, she plays for Wairarapa United.

Torijan Lyne-Lewis
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995
Place of birth New Zealand
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019- Samoa

Lyne-Lewis was born in New Zealand and is of Samoan and Indonesian heritage.[1] She works as an aquatic centre manager.[2] She played football for Levin AFC, Massey University, and Palmerston North Marist FC.[2] In 2020 she moved to Wairarapa United. In 2021 she was awarded the Golden Boot in the Lower North Island competition.[3]

In 2017 Lyne-Lewis was selected for the Futsal Ferns.[4][5]

In June 2019 she was named to the Samoa women's national football team for the 2019 Pacific Games.[6][7] The team won silver, with Lyne-Lewis scoring Samoa's only goal in the competition final against Papua New Guinea.[8] In July 2022 she was named to the squad for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[9]

In 2021 Lyne-Lewis was appointed a football ambassador by the Oceania Football Confederation as part of its women's football strategy.[1][10]

References
  1. Ashley Stanley (28 July 2021). "Women's football on the rise in Oceania". Newsroom. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. "ALL IN: Torijan Lyne-Lewis – Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. "About us". Wairarapa United. Retrieved 10 July 2022. The Senior Women finished 3rd in the Lower North Island comp, the W-League, with Torijan Lyne-Lewis awarded the 2021 Golden Boot.
  4. "Central Futsal announce National Women's League Futsal Team for 2018". Central Football. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. "Futsal Fern's winning start in Tauranga". Sunlive. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. Soli Wilson (8 June 2019). "Football Pacific Games squad announced". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. "Samoan Women's Football takes silver medal second to great footballers to PNG". Football Federation Samoa. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. "Ifill names Samoa squad for Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. "OFC's new strategy to examine ways of attracting more women to soccer". Fiji Times. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.


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