Nicky Salapu
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Nicky Salapu is an American Samoa
n association football goalkeeper who previously played for PanSa East. He left the club in December 2008. He also played for SC Mauerbach in the lower divisions of Austria
n league.
for SC Mauerbach, a side in the Niederösterreichischer Fußballverband
(Lower Austrian Football League). He signed for them on a free transfer from PanSa East in 2008.
on April 11, 2001 and this score Australia 31–0 American Samoa still counts as the official world record. These 31 goals came from 7 different players; Con Boutsianis
(3 goals) (minutes 10, 50, 84), Archie Thompson
(13 goals) (minutes 12, 23, 27, 29, 32, 37, 42, 45, 56, 60, 65, 85, 88), David Zdrilić
(8 goals) (minutes 13, 21, 25, 33, 58, 66, 78, 89), Aurelio Vidmar
(2 goals) (minutes 14, 80), Tony Popovic
(2 goals) (minutes 17, 19), Simon Colosimo
(2 goals) (minutes 51, 81) and Fausto De Amicis
(1 goal) (minute 55).
to the South Pacific Games
in Samoa
. Because he could not make it on time he was replaced by the 17-year-old Jordan Penitusi
. He was not eligible to play until he arrived for the last match of American Samoa in the South Pacific Games
with Tonga
, but there he was an unused substitute.
He was the goalkeeper when American Samoa won its first ever full FIFA match in November 2011, a 2-1 win over Tonga
during the first round of the OFC qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
.
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– 13–0 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
April 9, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, Australia
– 0–8 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
April 11, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, Australia
– 31–0 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
April 14, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, Australia
– 0–5 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
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May 10, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
– 4 – 0 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
May 12, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
– 1 – 9 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
May 15, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
– 11 – 0 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
May 17, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
– 0 – 10 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
n association football goalkeeper who previously played for PanSa East. He left the club in December 2008. He also played for SC Mauerbach in the lower divisions of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n league.
Career
The career of Nicky Salapu is not well documented. It is known that he played for PanSa East for eight years, beginning in 2000 and terminating in 2008. He also played in AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
for SC Mauerbach, a side in the Niederösterreichischer Fußballverband
Austrian Landesliga
The Austrian Landesliga is the fourth tier of football in Austria. It is divided into nine conferences - one for each Austrian state:*Burgenland: Landesliga Burgenland*Lower Austria: 1...
(Lower Austrian Football League). He signed for them on a free transfer from PanSa East in 2008.
Australia vs. American Samoa
He conceded 31 goals to Australia in a World Cup qualifying match2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
on April 11, 2001 and this score Australia 31–0 American Samoa still counts as the official world record. These 31 goals came from 7 different players; Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis is an Australian Football player and former International, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Con is known affectionately by fans as 'Boutsi'....
(3 goals) (minutes 10, 50, 84), Archie Thompson
Archie Thompson
Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record...
(13 goals) (minutes 12, 23, 27, 29, 32, 37, 42, 45, 56, 60, 65, 85, 88), David Zdrilić
David Zdrilic
David Allen Zdrilic is a Croatian Australian football player. He is currently playing for Sydney United in the NSW Premier League. He previously played for in the A-League and has also played in Switzerland, Germany, England and Scotland...
(8 goals) (minutes 13, 21, 25, 33, 58, 66, 78, 89), Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar is an Australian football player and former captain of the Australian national team. He is currently not tied to any A-league club...
(2 goals) (minutes 14, 80), Tony Popovic
Tony Popovic
Anthony Popovic is a Croatian Australian former football player. He last played for Sydney FC. He is currently the First Team Coach of Crystal Palace. Popovic grew up in Fairfield, New South Wales.-Early career:...
(2 goals) (minutes 17, 19), Simon Colosimo
Simon Colosimo
Simon Colosimo is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Melbourne Heart. He has represented the Australia national team on over twenty-five occasions.-Club career:...
(2 goals) (minutes 51, 81) and Fausto De Amicis
Fausto De Amicis
Fausto De Amicis is a former Australian soccer player. He was a member of the Australian team that scored a record 31 goals against American Samoa in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Overall, De Amicis was involved in four National Soccer League title winning sides, twice with the Melbourne Knights,...
(1 goal) (minute 55).
South Pacific Games
In 2007, he missed his flight from HawaiiHawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
to the South Pacific Games
South Pacific Games
The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...
in Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
. Because he could not make it on time he was replaced by the 17-year-old Jordan Penitusi
Jordan Penitusi
Jordan Penitusi is an American Samoan footballer and he was born in 1990. His position of goalkeeper in the national selection of American Samoa. He has played four games, against the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu. In the South Pacific Games 2007 he replaced Nicky Salapu.- External...
. He was not eligible to play until he arrived for the last match of American Samoa in the South Pacific Games
South Pacific Games
The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...
with Tonga
Tonga national football team
The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.-Football in Tonga:Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands...
, but there he was an unused substitute.
Record at FIFA tournaments
He played in the OFC FIFA World Cup Qualifications for World Cup 2002 and World Cup 2006. American Samoa lost all of these eight matches. In these eight matches, American Samoa had scored only one goal while he and therefore American Samoa had conceded 91 goals. Tony Langkilde, who was the manager of American Samoa at that time, said: "Football is a game of three possibilities: win, tie and loss. For us it is a game of only one possibility: loss. We have not had the other two possibilities yet."He was the goalkeeper when American Samoa won its first ever full FIFA match in November 2011, a 2-1 win over Tonga
Tonga national football team
The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.-Football in Tonga:Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands...
during the first round of the OFC qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....
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National team statistics
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International career
April 7, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
– 13–0 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
April 9, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
– 0–8 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
April 11, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
– 31–0 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
April 14, 2001 – Coffs Harbour, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
– 0–5 – 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
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May 10, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
– 4 – 0 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America...
May 12, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
– 1 – 9 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America...
May 15, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
– 11 – 0 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America...
May 17, 2004 – Apia, Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
– 0 – 10 – 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America...