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Matalena Daniells Johnson (born 16 August 1996)[1] is an Australian-born Samoan international footballer who has captained the Samoa women's national football team.[2][3] She plays as a midfielder.[1] She is the sister of Samoan men's footballer Kevin Daniells.[4]

Johnson was born in Innisfail, Queensland in Australia and was educated at the University of Queensland, graduating with a Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education.[2][5] She works as a schoolteacher in Brisbane, Australia.[4] In 2020 she was a finalist for a Queensland TEACHX award.[2][6]

In 2011 she played for Innisfail United.[7] In August 2013 she was awarded a Pierre de Coubertin Award.[8] In 2016 she played for Olympic FC.[5] In 2018 she played for Moreton Bay United FC.[9][10] In 2021 she played for Olympic FC and was nominated for Queensland Women’s Player of the Year.[11]

In 2015 she captained the Samoa women's national under-20 football team in the 2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship.[12][13][14] In 2018 she was selected for the Samoan Women's team to compete at the OFC Women's Nations Cup,[15][16][17] and was appointed vice-captain.[9] In June 2019 she captained the squad for the 2019 Pacific Games,[4][18][19] which won a silver medal.[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Matalena Daniells". FBRef. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Finalist — Matalena Daniells". Queensland College of Teachers. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ Jax Tran Van (13 August 2021). "Samoa to keep drawing on the diaspora". Pasifika Sisters. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Matai'a Lanuola Tusani T - Ah Tong (11 July 2019). "Two Samoa's fight to a draw". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Daniells Thrives On International Stage". GameDay. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ Brendan O'Malley (16 October 2020). "Queensland's 30 best teachers vie for top award". Westside News – via Gale OneFile.
  7. ^ "Cutters team hits ground running". Innisfail Advocate. 14 May 2011 – via Gale OneFile.
  8. ^ "Award for Matalena". Innisfail Advocate. 7 August 2013 – via Gale OneFile.
  9. ^ a b Thomas Airey (18 November 2018). "Samoa's OFC Nations Cup begins". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Jets start finals countdown". Moreton Bay United. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  11. ^ "2021 FQPL Women's Award Nominees Announced". Football Queensland. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Fiso excelling as leader". Loop Samoa. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ^ "New Zealand women's under-20 football team qualify for World Cup". Stuff. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  14. ^ "New Zealand qualify with a match to spare". Solomon Star. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Jet up for challenge". Pine Rivers Press. 11 October 2018 – via Gale OneFile.
  16. ^ "Daniells selected to play for Samoa". Innisfail Advocate. 27 October 2018 – via Gale OneFile.
  17. ^ "Nineteen make it to final Samoa football list". Loop Samoa. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Internationals beckon". Pine Rivers Press. 4 July 2019 – via Gale OneFile.
  19. ^ "Samoa Pacific Games squad announced". Loop Samoa. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Lena leads Samoa to first medal". Pine Rivers Press. 25 July 2019 – via Gale OneFile.

Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:People with acquired Samoan citizenship Category:Samoan women's footballers Category:Women's association football midfielders Category:Samoa women's international footballers Category:Australian women's soccer players Category:University of Queensland alumni Category:Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent


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