*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2019
Jaiyah Tauasuesimeamativa Saelua (born July 19, 1988) is an American Samoan footballer who plays as a center back for the American Samoa national team.
Saelua is a faʻafafine, a third gender present in Polynesian society.[3][4] She is the first openly non-binary and trans woman[5] to compete in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.[3][6]
She was prominently featured in the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins, about the American Samoa team, and the 2023 biographical comedy-drama also called Next Goal Wins directed by Taika Waititi, in which she is portrayed by Kaimana.[7][8][9][10]
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