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{{Short description|Samoan footballer}}
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'''Meripa Seumanutafa''' (born 12 November 2001) is a [[New Zealand]]-[[Samoa]]n footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for [[Papakura City FC]]. She has represented Samoa in both its women's under-17 and women's national football teams.

Seumanutafa was born in Samoa, but moved to [[New Zealand]] at the age of seven with her family.<ref name=ST2017>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoatimes.co.nz/talimalo-samoa-ile-u16s-ofc-a-tamaitai/ |title=Talimalo Samoa ile U16’s OFC a tamaitai |publisher=Samoa Times |date=18 August 2017 |language=sm |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> She started playing football the same year for [[Papakura City FC]],<ref name=ST2017/> first as a defender, then a striker, before moving on to goalkeeping.<ref name=SO2017>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/6085 |title=Seumanutafa thriving on home soil |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=13 August 2017 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> In 2017 she was a finalist for Junior Sportswoman of the Year in the Papakura Sports Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/cmsport/newsarticle/53293 |title=2017 Papakura Sports Awards - Finalists Announced |publisher=Counties Manukau Sports Foundation |date= |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>

In 2017 she returned to Samoa after being selected for the [[Samoa women's national under-17 football team]] for the [[2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship]].<ref name=SO2017/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/28112 |title=Samoan team named for O.F.C. U16 women's Championships |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Ulimasao Fata |date=1 August 2017 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.looptonga.com/sport/eight-teams-confirmed-u-16s-63996 |title=Eight teams confirmed for U-16s |publisher=Loop Samoa |date=31 July 2017 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> In October 2018 she was selected for the [[Samoa women's national football team]] for its friendly matches against [[Fiji women's national football team|Fiji]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.footballsamoa.ws/samoa-gearing-up-match-2/ |title=Samoa gearing up for match day 2 |publisher=Football Federation Samoa |date=25 October 2018 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> In November 2018 she was selected for the team for the [[2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup]] in [[New Caledonia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/sport/nineteen-make-it-final-samoa-football-list-80715 |title=Nineteen make it to final Samoa football list |publisher=Loop Samoa |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/meripa-seumanutafa/198103/ Meripa Seumanutafa] at Global Sports Archive

Category:Living people
Category:2001 births
Category:Samoan expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Category:Samoan women's footballers
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:Samoa women's international footballers
Category:New Zealand women's association footballers

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