Name: Jaiyah Saelua
Occupation: Soccer Player
Gender: Female
Birth Day: July 19, 1988
Age: 37
Birth Place: Leone - Samoa
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
DOB in Roman: VII.XIX.MCMLXXXVIII

Jaiyah Saelua

Jaiyah Saelua was born on 19 July 1988(37 years old) in Samoa. Jaiyah Saelua is Soccer Player, Zodiac sign - Cancer. More detail about Jaiyah Saelua given below.

About Jaiyah Saelua

Samoan-American soccer player who made history as the first transgender player to play in a men's FIFA World Cup qualifying match. She made her national team debut for American Samoa at the age of 15 and has also played for Savage FC, an indoor soccer team.

Jaiyah Saelua is a Samoan American international football player. Saelua is a fa'afafine, a third gender present in Polynesian society, roughly translated as "the way of the woman". She is a member of the American Samoa National Football Team. She was the first openly transgender player to make the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Saelua appeared in the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins. A feature film version of Next Goal Wins is planned. It stars Kaimana, an actress who is also a fa'afafine, like Saelua, and will be directed by Taika Waititi. Saelua is a former performing arts student who attended the University of Hawaii.


Trivia

She was one of the subjects of the British documentary Next Goal Wins (2014). 

Jaiyah Saelua before fame

She began playing soccer at the age of 11 and went on to study performing arts at the University of Hawaii.

Achievement of Jaiyah Saelua

Next Goal Wins, a British documentary, included her as one of the subjects (2014).

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Jaiyah Saelua family life

Nicky Salapu, a soccer player and coach, is her father.

Associations of Jaiyah Saelua

Thomas Rongen has been her coach.

Jaiyah Saelua Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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