Nicky Salapu

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Nicky Vitolio Salapu (born 13 September 1980) is an American Samoan footballer and goalkeeper coach who plays as a goalkeeper the American Samoa national football team. Salapu conceded a total of 91 goals in the 2002 and 2006 World Cup qualifiers, including a 31-0 loss to Australia which holds the record for the biggest loss in international football while also starting in American Samoa's first ever official FIFA World Cup qualifiers win. After the game, Salapu said: "I feel like a champ right now. Finally I'm going to put the past behind me." His stint with the American Samoa national team was covered in the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins, and the 2023 biographical comedy-drama also called Next Goal Wins.

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