| Date of birth | (1964-10-17)17 October 1964 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Timo Danny Lawrence Tagaloa (born 17 October 1964 inAuckland) is a New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player. He played as left winger. He played forSamoa national rugby union team and for theAll Blacks.
Tagaloa began his rugby career inAuckland, playing for the amateur club Waitemata and theAuckland provincial team (first-grade and reserve teams). In 1983 he played several games for the youth team of New Zealand.
In 1985, Timo Tagaloa moved to the United States and entered theUtah State University, playing for theuniversity team in the college football championship. Team coach Chris Pell has named Tagaloa as one of the top 15-20 defenders in American college football.[1] From 1985 to 1989, Tagaloa played 44 games, scoring 30 points thanks to 5 touchdowns,[2] but abandoned the career of a professionalNFL player.[3]
In 1990, Tagaloa returned to rugby, continuing his career with theWellington Provincial team and playing for the Marist St Pats amateur club. He also played for the North Shore andNorth Harbour provincial team. In the 1990–1991 season, he was involved in the Samoa national team, in which Tagaloa debuted with Western Samoa in the match againstKorea national rugby union team, on 8 April 1990, at Tokyo. He was part of the1991 Rugby World Cup roster. During the World Cup, he scored 2 tries againstArgentina.[4] His last international match for Samoa was during the test match againstScotland on 19 October 1991, at Murrayfield. For Samoa, he scored 220 points in 37 matches (test and non-test). Later, he played forNew Zealand and for theAl Blacks Sevens.[5] According to his own words, due to the impossibility of getting into theAll Blacks, Tagaloa was on the verge of suicide for some time, but stopped in time.[6] Currently, he works for the Association "Athletes in Action", which is actively involved in psychological rehabilitation of athletes in difficult situations.[7]
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