The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from American Samoa
This page contains a list of the greatest Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, NaN of which were born in American Samoa. This makes American Samoa the birth place of the 0th most number of Soccer Players.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Nicky Salapu (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 42.86, Nicky Salapu is the most famous Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.
Nicky Vitolio Salapu (born September 13, 1980) is an American Samoan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for ASFA Soccer League club PanSa East, which he captains, and the American Samoa national football team. He previously played for PanSa East from 2000 to 2011, before leaving for Indonesian side Mitra Kukar in 2012. He played in American Samoa's 31–0 loss to Australia, where he was the only player from the senior squad remaining after the rest of the squad was ruled ineligible due to holding Samoan, rather than US, passports. Salapu conceded a total of 91 goals in the 2002 and 2006 World Cup qualifiers, 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.
2. Ramin Ott (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 38.11, Ramin Ott is the 2nd most famous Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Ramin Ott (born 18 June 1986) is an American Samoan footballer who plays as a striker for FFAS Senior League club Pago Youth. Internationally, he represented the American Samoa national team and is currently their all time top goalscorer with three goals.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as soccer players born between 1980 and 1986. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living soccer players include Nicky Salapu, and Ramin Ott. As of April 2024, 2 new soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Nicky Salapu, and Ramin Ott.
