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Matalena Daniells

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Matalena Daniells Johnson (born 16 August 1996)[1] is an Australian-born Samoan international footballer who has captained the Samoa women's national football team.[2][3] She plays as a midfielder.[1] She is the sister of Samoan men's footballer Kevin Daniells.[4]

Johnson was born in Australia[5] and was educated at the University of Queensland, graduating with a Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education.[2] She works as a schoolteacher in Brisbane, Australia.[4]

In 2018 she played for Moreton Bay United FC.[5][6] In 2021 she played for Olympic FC and was nominated for Queensland Women’s Player of the Year.[7]

In 2015 she captained the Samoa women's national under-20 football team in the 2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship.[8][9][10] In 2018 she was selected for the Samoan Women's team to compete at the OFC Women's Nations Cup,[11] and was appointed vice-captain.[5] In June 2019 she was named to the squad for the 2019 Pacific Games.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Matalena Daniells". FBRef. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Finalist — Matalena Daniells". Queensland College of Teachers. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ Jax Tran Van (13 August 2021). "Samoa to keep drawing on the diaspora". Pasifika Sisters. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (11 July 2019). "Two Samoa's fight to a draw". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Thomas Airey (18 November 2018). "Samoa's OFC Nations Cup begins". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Jets start finals countdown". Moreton Bay United. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 FQPL Women's Award Nominees Announced". Football Queensland. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Fiso excelling as leader". Loop Samoa. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ "New Zealand women's under-20 football team qualify for World Cup". Stuff. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ "New Zealand qualify with a match to spare". Solomon Star. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Nineteen make it to final Samoa football list". Loop Samoa. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.