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John Michael Tumua Leo (born 15 January 2003) is a Samoan association footballer who plays as a forward for Lupe o le Soaga and the Samoa national team.




Club career


Tumua Leo played for Vaipuna SC of the Samoa National League since at least 2018. In 2020, he briefly joined Lupe o le Soaga for the club's 2020 OFC Champions League campaign. Tumua Leo finished the 2021 season with forty-five league goals for Vaipuna as the club finished as runners up to Lupe o le Soaga. After remaining with Vaipuna SC for the 2022 season, the player made a permanent move to Lupe o le Soaga SC in 2023. Soon thereafter he competed with the club in Qualifying Stage of the 2023 OFC Champions League. In the club's opening match, Tumua Leo score fived goals in a 13–0 victory over American Samoa representative Ilaoa and To'omata. He went on to score against Veitongo of Tonga and Tupapa Maraerenga of the Cook Islands en route to qualifying for the Group Stage.




International career


As a youth, Tumua Leo represented Samoa in the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship. In the tournament, he scored a brace against American Samoa in the Qualifying Stage. In 2019, he was a member of the national under-23 team that competed in the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He scored against eventual winners New Zealand and another two goals against American Samoa in the Group Stage.
In 2019, Tumua Leo was called up to the senior national team for the first time for the 2019 Pacific Games. He would go on to make his senior debut at the 2023 edition of the tournament, earning his first cap on 17 November in a 0–1 defeat to the hosts Solomon Islands. Three days later, he scored five goals in a 10–0 victory over American Samoa.




= International goals

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Scores and results list the Samoa's goal tally first.




= International career statistics

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As of match played 27 November 2023




References






External links


Michael Tumua Leo at National-Football-Teams.com
Michael Tumua Leo at Soccerway
Michael Tumua Leo at Global Sports Archive
Oceania Football Center profile

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• Michael Tumua Leo
• Samoa national football team
• Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Men's tournament
• Samoa national under-23 football team
• 2023 OFC Champions League
• 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
• Samoa National League
• 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup squads
• Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Men's team squads
• Lupe o le Soaga SC