Laydah Samani

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Laydah Samani
Personal information
Full name Laydah Anitae Samani
Date of birth (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Malaita, Solomon Islands
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 RSIPF Royals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–? Wellington United
Solomon Warriors
RSIPF Royals
International career‡
2007– Solomon Islands 13 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:41, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Laydah Anitae Samani (born 18 February 1992) is a Solomon Islands women's footballer and former captain of the national women's team.[1] She plays for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Royals, winners of the inaugural Solrais Women's Premier League 2020, as well as the Solrais Women's Football Championship in the same year.[2]

Early life

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Samani is from Malaita.[3]

Club career

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In June 2016 Samani joined Wellington United, becoming the first player from the Solomon Islands to play in New Zealand.[4][5]

In 2018 Samani was a forward for Solomon Warriors.[6]

As of 2020, she was playing for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Royals.[7][2]

International career

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Samani made her international debut for the Solomon Islands in the country's first women's international match on 9 April 2007, starting in the 2007 OFC Women's Championship match against Papua New Guinea.[8] In 2009 she was shortlisted for the OFC Women's Player of the Year Award.[9]

She captained the Solomon Islands team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[1]

In 2021 she was selected as a women's football ambassador for the Oceania Football Confederation.[10]

Career statistics

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As of 30 August 2018[11][12][13][14][15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Solomon Islands 2007 5 1
2011 3 3
2015 2 0
2018 3 2
Total 13 6
As of 24 August 2018
Scores and results list the Solomon Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Samani goal.
List of international goals scored by Laydah Samani
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 August 2007 Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa  Cook Islands 1–1 1–1 2007 South Pacific Games
2 2 September 2011 Stade PLGC, Nouméa, New Caledonia  American Samoa 1–0 4–0 2011 Pacific Games
3 2–0
4 3–0
5 24 August 2018 Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji  American Samoa 1–0 2–0 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification
6 2–0
7 8 July 2019 National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 2–4 2–5 2019 Pacific Games

References

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