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Kilifi Uele (born November 14, 1974)[1] is a Tongan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veitongo and the Tonga national football team.

Kilifi Uele

Personal information
Full name	Kilifi Uele
Date of birth	(1974-11-14) November 14, 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth	Tonga
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Veitongo
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2019	Veitongo
National team‡
1996–2017	Tonga	26	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 December 2017

According to the RSSSF, Uele is the second oldest goalscorer in the history of international football.[2]

International career

Uele made his debut internationally in 1994, with his team winning second place at the 1994 Polynesia Cup. He went on to score three international goals, including one against New Caledonia in 2017 at the age of 43. In January 2020, Uele, at the age of 45, represented Veitongo FC at the qualifying stage of the 2020 OFC Champions League. Uele also plays beach soccer internationally, and was part of the Tongan team making its debut at the 2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup.[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Tonga's goal tally first.[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 March 2002	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	American Samoa	4–1	7–2	2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification
2.	5 July 2003	Vodafone Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori, Fiji	Micronesia	7–0	7–0	2003 South Pacific Games
2.	9 December 2017	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu	New Caledonia	2–3	2–4	2017 Pacific Mini Games

Managerial career

Uele is the Technical Director of the Tonga Football Association, a post he has held since 2005. Uele coached his country's women's team to win a silver medal at the 2007 OFC Women's Championship. Uele was also the head coach of his country's U-19 women's team when they took runner-up in the OFC U-19 Women's Championship in 2006, losing 6–0 to New Zealand in the finals. Before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Uele helped run a new project to promote women's football in the more remote islands of Tonga. Later in 2020, Uele said his main focus was on the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3][5][6][7]

References

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