Motu Hafoka
Samoan footballer
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Full name | Motu Hafoka | ||
Date of birth | (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 | ||
Date of death | 30 June 2012(2012-06-30) (aged 25) | ||
Place of death | Matautu-uta, Apia | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012– | Samoa | 2 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2013 |
Motu Hafoka (13 March 1987 – 30 June 2012) was a Samoan footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2][3] He represented Samoa in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup and in the 2007 OFC U-20 Championship.[4]
He committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in his family's back yard on Saturday, 30 June 2012. It is believed that "differences with his family" were the cause of the suicide.[3]
References
- ^ "Motu Hafoka". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "Motu Hafoka Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Former National Football Representative committed suicide". Talamua. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Oceania football family mourns loss of pair". OFC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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Samoa squad – 2012 OFC Nations Cup
- 1 Aitupe
- 2 Setefano
- 3 Kitiona
- 4 Faalogo
- 5 Fenika
- 6 Malo
- 7 Sale
- 8 J. Hoeflich
- 9 M. Hoeflich
- 10 Gosche
- 11 Ataga
- 12 Saofaiga
- 13 Umutaua
- 14 FaKaua
- 15 Asiata
- 16 Esaroma
- 17 Keli
- 19 Amosa
- 21 Hanns
- 22 Hafoka
- Coach: Vaga
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