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Tongan Athletes
Tonga is known for producing a large variety of professional athletes. The primary sport of interest among Tongan professional athletes seems to be Rugby.

Fuifui Moimoi
Fuifui Moimoi(born 26 September 1979, in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) was a professional rugby player who played in the National Rugby League. With a career spanning 10 years (2004-2014), he played only for the Parramatta Eels club of Australia. Moimoi was considered to be one of the Parramatta's best Props and is most noted for his unconventional humor and sometimes erratic behavior on and off the field.

Sitaleki Timani
Sitaleki Timani (born 19 September 1986, in Kolonga, Tonga) is a rugby player who plays in the National Rugby League. He made his professional debut for the Wallabies in 2011 against Samoa. His decision to play for the Wallabies may have cost him a place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup as he was then ineligible for his native Tonga and missed selection for the green and gold. However he was called up again by the Wallabies to face Scotland and Wales in 2012. He is the brother of Tongan international Sione and Waratahs lock Lopeti Timani.

Lesley Vainikolo
Lesley Vainikolo (born 4 May 1979 in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) is a professional rugby player who has experience in a variety of professional clubs including Canberra Raiders, Bradford Bulls, Gloucester Rugby, La Rochelle, and Rugby Athletic Club Angerien and national teams including New Zealand and England. He made his union bow for Gloucester in 2007, scoring five tries against Leeds at Kingsholm. Having qualified through residency Vainikolo made his international debut for England as an early replacement against Wales in the 2008 Six Nations, subsequently featuring in all of their tournament matches. With Martin Johnson taking the England reins in June 2008, Vainikolo found himself left out of both the England Elite Player Squad and the Saxons squad ahead of the 2008-09 season. Following Gloucester's derby win over Bath in the Premiership in October 2008, Vainikolo was arrested and charged with GBH after a fight just outside the Second Bridge nightclub in Bath. He was ordered before Bristol Crown Court in January 2009 but faced no charges. In January 2012 he announced a move to the French second division club La Rochelle.

Asi Taulava
Asi Taulava (born March 2 1973, in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga) is a professional basketball player in the Philippines who currently plays for the NLEX Road Warriors in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is considered to be one of the best ever Center (basketball) players in the PBA due to his massive size (Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.13 m) tall and weighing 275 pounds (125 kg)) and large in game point average. He is also a many time member of the Philippines men's national basketball team.