Full name Maukope Penisula 1997–1999 Tofaga B Place of birth Marshall Islands Name Mau Penisula | Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Date joined 2003 | |
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Date of birth (1979-05-15) 15 May 1979 (age 36) Current team Tuvalu national football team (Defender, Midfielder) | ||
Maukope Penisula (born 15 May 1979) is a Tuvaluan footballer who currently plays for Addisbrough FC in Fiji.
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He is the most capped player ever in Tuvalu's football history with 14 matches for the Tuvalu national football team, of which he's currently the captain. He is also a member of Tuvalu national futsal team.
Personal life
Mau was born in the Marshall Islands, but his parents are from Tuvalu and he grew up there. He now lives in Fiji. He is married.
Club career
Mau played for 12 years from 1999 to 2011 for Tuvalu A-Division club Tofaga A. In 2012 joined Lami All Whites FC, a club from the second division in Fiji. From April 2013 he played for the Fijian club Addisbrough FC, which participates in the Local League competition in Suva.
International career
Mau made his debut with Tuvalu at the South Pacific Games 2003 in Fiji, in the match won 3–2 against Kiribati on June 30. Mau featured in all Tuvalu's matches in the competition.
Mau played again four times with the team at the 2007 South Pacific Games in Samoa, where Tuvalu managed to draw 1–1 with current Oceania champions Tahiti.
In 2008 Mau was part of Tuvalu national futsal team in the Oceanian Futsal Championship, where the team lost all six games, with the same result at the 2010 Championship.
In 2011, he led the Tuvaluan football team to their 4–0 victory over American Samoa, Tuvalu's biggest win ever. In 2011, he represented his country again in the South Pacific Games as a captain against Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Guam.