Sarai Bareman
association football player and administrator
Dame Sarai-Paea Bareman (born 1980 or 1981) is a New Zealand association football administrator and former player. She played for the Samoan national football team, and is the current chief women's football officer for FIFA.
Early life and family
Bareman was born in Auckland in 1980 or 1981 to a Dutch father and a Samoan mother, and has three brothers, including the MMA trainer Eugene Bareman. She grew up in West Auckland and from 1994 to 1998 was educated at Massey High School, where she was a member of the school's 1xt XI football team.
Career
As a player, Bareman played club football in Auckland for Waitakere, Glenfield and North Shore United, before moving to Samoa and representing the Samoa women's national football team.
As a football administrator, Bareman also started her journey in Samoa after leaving a 10-year career in the banking and finance industry in New Zealand. She was first employed as the finance manager for the Football Federation of Samoa, responsible for all financial matters of the national association. This appointment came at a critical time in the association's history, as they had recently been suspended by FIFA for misuse of funds by the previous administration.
After a short time in the role, Bareman was promoted to chief executive officer (CEO), where she took over the reins of the national governing body and played an instrumental role in rebuilding the sport in the country. Bareman became a prominent figure in the Pacific sporting landscape after speaking at the Pacific Youth and Sports Conference held in 2013 about her experiences as female leader in a male-dominated industry. In 2014, Bareman moved back to Auckland to take up a role as the operations manager of the Oceania Football Confederation.
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