Sofi Diyalowai

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Sofi Diyalowai
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 30)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Labasa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Labasa
International career
2019– Fiji 5[a] (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024

Sofi Diyalowai (born 14 October 1993) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Labasa FC and the Fiji women's national team.

Diyalowai is from Natokalau in Ba.[5] She started playing football in 2009, and became a referee in 2016.[6] In 2013 she won the Fiji FA women football of the year award.[7] In August 2018 she was named to the Fijian team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[8] In 2019 she trialled for French club Stade De Reims.[9]

She captained the team for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[10]

On 4 February 2024, Diyalowai was called up to the 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[11]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Fiji's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 July 2022 ANZ Stadium, Suva, Fiji  New Caledonia 2–0 3–1 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup
2. 3–0
3. 24 July 2022  Cook Islands 1–0 2–0
4. 24 November 2023 Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands  Solomon Islands 1–1 4–1 2023 Pacific Games
5. 7 February 2024 FFS Football Stadium, Apia, Samoa  American Samoa 1–0 10–0 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
6. 2–0
7. 3–0
8. 10 February 2024  Papua New Guinea 1–0 4–3

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ Talei Matairakula (6 July 2022). "Diyalowai proves critics wrong". FBC. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  6. ^ Sereana Salalo (28 November 2020). "FACT: She's The Only Female Ref". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. ^ Zanzeer Singh (4 May 2019). "Fijian woman football striker offered trial in France". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. ^ "National women's football squad named for OFC qualifier tournament". Fiji Times. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ^ Rohit Deo (16 May 2019). "Football captain Diyalowai completes French club trials". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. ^ Rashika Kumar (30 July 2022). "Diyalowai's father to watch his daughter's first international match live in-person". Fiji Village. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Preview — Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 February 2024.