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Paulo Scanlan (also known as Paul Scanlan) (born 9 August 1996) is a Samoan footballer and rugby union player who has played for the Samoa national football team and Samoa national rugby sevens team.
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| Full name | Paulo Scanlan | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 9, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Vaipuna | |||||||||||||||||
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| Samoa Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Vaipuna | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Kiwi FC | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Vaipuna | |||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Samoa U17 | 2 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Samoa | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Scanlan played football as a midfielder for Vaipuna in the Samoa National League. He made his debut for the national team at the 2016 OFC Nations Cup on May 29, 2016 in their 4–0 loss against Tahiti. In 2019 he played for Vailima Kiwi FC in the 2019 OFC Champions League.[1] In December 2019 he announced he was leaving football to pursue a career in rugby.[2]
In April 2019 he was selected for the Samoa national rugby sevens team to play in the Hong Kong sevens.[3] He subsequently played in Dubai.[4] In June 2021 he was selected for the 2020 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5] In December 2021 he was part of the team for the World Sevens Series.[6] In July 2022 he was named to the team to represent Samoa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7][8] He later competed at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[9]
References
- "Sport: Tupapa in control at OFC Qualifier". RNZ. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "Paul Scanlan: leaving football to pursue a career in rugby". Oceania Football Center. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "Sport: One new cap for Samoa 7s in Hong Kong". RNZ. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "Sport: Samoa, Fiji men make winning start at Dubai 7s". RNZ. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "Samoa 7s select locals for Olympic qualifier". RNZ. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "Veterans recalled to Samoa 7s team". RNZ. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- Faasau, Gutu (13 July 2022). "SASNOC announces Team Samoa for Commonwealth Games". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- "Team Samoa for Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham Announced". Samoa Global News. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- Sanerivi, Sialai Sarafina (2022-09-07). "Manu Samoa 7's team named for R.W.C. this weekend". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
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External links
- Paulo Scanlan at Soccerway
Samoa squad – 2016 OFC Nations Cup | ||
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