Toakai Puapua

From 2006 up to 2008 he was coach of Tofaga A, Tofaga won the NBT in 2006 & 2007 and the Independence Cup in 2006.

In 2007, he was the football coach of Tuvalu during the 2007 South Pacific Games in Samoa.^[1] The first game of his tenure was a 16-0 loss to Fiji.^[2] However Tuvalu fought hard against New Caledonia (who were joint leaders of the competition) and only lost 1-0.^[3] Tuvalu then drew 1–1 with Tahiti, with a late equaliser from Viliamu Sekifu,^[1][4] who becoming as the first World cup scorer for his country.^[5] However the Cook Islands defeated Tuvalu 4-1.^[6] Tuvalu finished last in group A, with one point.^[7]

In 2011 Puapua was succeeded as coach by Foppe de Haan.^[8]

In 2010, Puapua was the coach of the Tuvalu national futsal team at the Oceanian Futsal Championship 2010,^[9] they finished seventh of seven teams.

• Tuvalu Football
• Tuvalu football project - Dutch Support Tuvalu Foundation (in Dutch, English, French and Spanish)
• Tuvalu national futsal team (2010) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-10-14)

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