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[[File:jaiyahsaelua.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Jayiah Saelua]]

==Country==

American Samoa

==Birth - Death==



==Occupation==

Sports

==Description==

Soccer player.  The first transgender player to compete in a FIFA World Cup qualifier (2011).  Documented in the film 'Next Goal Wins' (2014).  Her society refers to her as fa’afafine, meaning “way of a woman” or “womanly”.

==See Also==

* [[Transgender Athletes]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/07/interview-jaiyah-saelua-the-worlds-first-professional-transgender-footballer/
* http://www.outsports.com/2014/7/1/5861616/jayiah-saelua-soccer-trans-samoa

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