Timote Moleni

Timote Moleni
Personal information
Full name Timote Moleni
Date of birth (1969-06-27) 27 June 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Tonga
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tonga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2007 Kolofoʻou No.1
International career
1996–2001 Tonga 8 (2)
Managerial career
2012 Tonga U23
2013–2015 Tonga U17
2015–2023 Tonga
2017–2018 Veitongo FC
2019–2020 FC Ahau
2022–2023 Tonga U20
2022–2023 Veitongo FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Timote Moleni (born 27 June 1969) is a former Tongan footballer who played as a midfielder.[2] Moleni was appointed head coach of Tonga in 2015.

In 2012 he managed the Tonga national under-23 football team for the 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[3] In 2013 he managed the under-17 team for the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship.[4] In 2015 he managed the national team for the world cup qualifiers.[5] He has also managed Veitongo FC in the Tonga Major League and OFC Champions League.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Teams - Tonga - Profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sport: Weather forces changes to Oceania football qualifiers". RNZ. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Sport: Final Under 17 football berth up for grabs in Apia". RNZ. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Tonga confident ahead of Oceania World Cup qualifiers". RNZ. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Sport:Pacific teams hope to reach OFC Champions League". RNZ. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Sport: Lupe Ole Soaga, Veitongo battle for final berth". RNZ. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Tonga: the kingdom of the Polovili family". Oceania Football Center. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2022.