Alopua Petoa
Alopua Petoa is a footballer who plays as a striker for Tuvaluan club FC Nanumaga. He is also a member of the Tuvalu national football team where he is also the all-time top scorer with 9 goals.
Personal life
Alopua was born in Nauru.Club career
Alopua began his career at FC Tofaga. On 5 October 2012 he arrived at Schiphol, Amsterdam, for a training period of 3 months in the Netherlands. During these months he trained together with Vaisua Liva, at the second team of Brabantia. The goal of the training was to improve the quality of both football players and to prepare scouting reports for clubs in New Zealand. The goal is also to make both players the first semi-Pro footballers of Tuvalu. Besides training and playing for the second team of Brabantia both players also followed intensive training courses to become youth football coaches and they visited several matches of Dutch professional clubs. From 2013 to 2014 Alopua played in New Zealand for Waitakere City FC. He then went back to Tuvalu and played for FC Tofaga.International career
He made his debut for the Tuvalu national football team in the match against Samoa on August 22, 2011, which Tuvalu won 3–0. He scored all three goals. In the following game against American Samoa at the 2011 Pacific Games, he scored another hat-trick. He also played in the games against Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Guam. He scored against New Caledonia and Tonga at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games.International goals
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 22 August 2011 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 22 August 2011 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 3. | 22 August 2011 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 27 August 2011 | Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2011 Pacific Games | |
| 5. | 27 August 2011 | Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2011 Pacific Games | |
| 6. | 27 August 2011 | Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa, New Caledonia | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2011 Pacific Games | |
| 7. | 5 December 2017 | Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2017 Pacific Mini Games | |
| 8. | 14 December 2017 | Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2017 Pacific Mini Games | |
| 9. | 7 June 2018 | Gander Green Lane, Sutton, England | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup | |
| 10. | 7 June 2018 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup | ||
| 11. | 12 July 2019 | National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 Pacific Games |