Sofi Diyalowai

Sofi Diyalowai
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 30)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Labasa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Labasa
International career‡
2019– Fiji 5[a] (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024

Sofi Diyalowai (born 14 October 1993) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Labasa FC and the Fiji women's national team.

Diyalowai is from Natokalau in Ba.[5] She started playing football in 2009, and became a referee in 2016.[6] In 2013 she won the Fiji FA women football of the year award.[7] In August 2018 she was named to the Fijian team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[8] In 2019 she trialled for French club Stade De Reims.[9]

She captained the team for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[10]

On 4 February 2024, Diyalowai was called up to the 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[11]

  1. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ Talei Matairakula (6 July 2022). "Diyalowai proves critics wrong". FBC. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  6. ^ Sereana Salalo (28 November 2020). "FACT: She's The Only Female Ref". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. ^ Zanzeer Singh (4 May 2019). "Fijian woman football striker offered trial in France". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. ^ "National women's football squad named for OFC qualifier tournament". Fiji Times. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ^ Rohit Deo (16 May 2019). "Football captain Diyalowai completes French club trials". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. ^ Rashika Kumar (30 July 2022). "Diyalowai's father to watch his daughter's first international match live in-person". Fiji Village. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Preview — Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 February 2024.


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