Kahn Fotuali'i (born 22 May 1982) is a former

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

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player. During his long career he played for clubs across the globe in New Zealand, Wales, England, USA and in France with

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in the

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. He played as a scrum-half. In 2002 he played with New Haven Rugby in the United States and led the club to a Division II national championship playing primarily at #10. In 2004, he debuted for Nelson Bays, who later merged with

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to form the

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. In 2008, he made his

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debut. Fotuali'i had a successful year in 2010 scoring five tries for the Crusaders and starting most games ahead of All Blacks halfback Andy Ellis until he was suspended for breaking Crusaders protocol. However, from his impressive form on the field for the Crusaders many thought Fotuali'i would be very close to All Black selection. In 2010 Fotuali'i chose to represent

for their 2010 end-of-year tour. He made his debut for them against

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where he scored Samoa's only try to win the game 13-10 and was man of the match. He signed a two-year deal with Welsh side Ospreys ahead of the 2011/12 season. He scored his first try for the Ospreys against Glasgow Warriors in a 20–26 defeat. Early in 2013, he was still with Ospreys, but there was speculation that he might join another club in Europe. He rejected a new deal by the Ospreys and signed for

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

on 24 January 2013. In 2014 he started as Northampton beat Saracens to win the Premiership final. Towards the end of the 2015/16 season, whilst at Northampton Saints it was rumoured that he had signed for another premiership team,

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. At the Saints last game of the season, at Gloucester, this was confirmed. On September 3, 2016, Kahn Fotuali'i made his

debut against his former

team, with Bath winning the match 18–14 at Northampton for the first time in 16 years. On 28 June 2019, Fotuali'i signed a one-year contract to join French side

in the

for the 2019–20 season.

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