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| gender=[[fa'afafine]]<ref name="Bjerkevoll">{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW: American Samoa’s Nicky Salapu and Jaiyah Saelua on their love of the game |last=Bjerkevoll |first=Ola |work=Football in Oceania |date=10 July 2019 |access-date=1 September 2021 |url= https://footballoceania.com/2019/07/10/interview-american-samoas-nicky-salapu-and-jaiyah-saelua-on-their-love-of-the-game/}}</ref>
| gender=[[fa'afafine]]<ref name="Bjerkevoll">{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW: American Samoa’s Nicky Salapu and Jaiyah Saelua on their love of the game |last=Bjerkevoll |first=Ola |work=Football in Oceania |date=10 July 2019 |access-date=1 September 2021 |url= https://footballoceania.com/2019/07/10/interview-american-samoas-nicky-salapu-and-jaiyah-saelua-on-their-love-of-the-game/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323015114/https://footballoceania.com/2019/07/10/interview-american-samoas-nicky-salapu-and-jaiyah-saelua-on-their-love-of-the-game/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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'''Jaiyah T. Saelua''' is an American Samoan international football player. She is a member of the American Samoa national football team. Saelua is a [[fa'afafine]], a gender found in Polynesian culture. She is the first openly [[transgender]] player to compete in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.
'''Jaiyah T. Saelua''' is an American Samoan international football player. She is a member of the American Samoa national football team. Saelua is a [[fa'afafine]], a gender found in Polynesian culture. She is the first openly [[transgender]] player to compete in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.


Saelua is featured in the 2014 documentary ''Next Goal Wins''. A feature film version of ''Next Goal Wins'' is planned. The film will feature [[Kaimana]], an actor who is also a fa'afafine, as Saelua, and will be directed by Taika Waititi.<ref name="Re-make">{{cite web |last1=Ewart |first1=Richard |title=Next Goal Wins - the Movie goes into post-production with a late 2020 release date anticipated |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/american-samoan-soccer-team-hollywood/11861886 |website=ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |accessdate=16 April 2020 |date=13 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cockerill|first=Michael|title=Finally making history for all the right reasons|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/finally-making-history-for-all-the-right-reasons-20111125-1nz0s.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/20/video-next-goal-wins-trailer-details-worst-team-in-the-world/|title= VIDEO: "Next Goal Wins" trailer details 'worst team in the world' |work= NBC Sports Radio |date=2014-02-20|accessdate=2014-02-28}}</ref><ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/202/829/9/index.html|title=Hollywood treatment for American Samoa|date=13 March 2013|work=FIFA World|archive-url=https://archive.ph/F2zGn|archive-date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
Saelua is featured in the 2014 documentary ''Next Goal Wins''. A feature film version of ''Next Goal Wins'' is planned to be released November 17th 2023. The film will feature [[Kaimana]], an actor who is also a fa'afafine, as Saelua, and will be directed by Taika Waititi.<ref name="Re-make">{{cite web |last1=Ewart |first1=Richard |title=Next Goal Wins - the Movie goes into post-production with a late 2020 release date anticipated |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/american-samoan-soccer-team-hollywood/11861886 |website=ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |accessdate=16 April 2020 |date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406013902/https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/american-samoan-soccer-team-hollywood/11861886 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cockerill|first=Michael|title=Finally making history for all the right reasons|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/finally-making-history-for-all-the-right-reasons-20111125-1nz0s.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406235947/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/finally-making-history-for-all-the-right-reasons-20111125-1nz0s.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/20/video-next-goal-wins-trailer-details-worst-team-in-the-world/|title= VIDEO: "Next Goal Wins" trailer details 'worst team in the world' |work= NBC Sports Radio |date=2014-02-20|accessdate=2014-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101090846/https://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/20/video-next-goal-wins-trailer-details-worst-team-in-the-world/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/202/829/9/index.html|title=Hollywood treatment for American Samoa|date=13 March 2013|work=FIFA World|archive-url=https://archive.ph/F2zGn|archive-date=5 June 2014}}</ref>


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
{{quote|I'm not a male or a female, I'm a soccer player.<ref name="Westbrook">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jaiyah Saelua - BBC World News |last=Westbrook |first=Laura |work=YouTube |date=15 May 2014 |access-date=1 September 2021 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLd1H0Sttg}}</ref>}}
{{quote|I'm not a male or a female, I'm a soccer player.<ref name="Westbrook">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jaiyah Saelua - BBC World News |last=Westbrook |first=Laura |work=YouTube |date=15 May 2014 |access-date=1 September 2021 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLd1H0Sttg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719053731/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLd1H0Sttg |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}


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