| Intro | Football player from American Samoa |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | fa’afafine, male, female |
| Birth | 19 July 1988, Pago Pago |
| Age: | 32 years |
Jaiyah Saelua (born Johnny Saelua) is an American Samoan international football player and the first transgender player to compete in a men’s FIFA World Cup qualifier.
In December 2011, Saelua was the subject of a BBC World Football radio show.
Saelua is a performing arts student from the University of Hawaii.
Saelua starred in the Football Documentary Film Next Goal Wins released 19 April 2014.
Saelua identifies as fa’afafine, a third gender present in Polynesian society roughly translating as “way of the woman.”