Pharrell Trainor

Pharrell Trainor is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Regionalliga Südwest club TSV Schott Mainz. Born in Australia, he plays for the Samoa national team.

Club career

At the beginning of the 2021 season, Trainor moved from Charlestown Azzurri to the U15 squad of Valentine Eleebana. In July 2021, he was selected to represent Northern NSW Football at the National Youth Championships. In September of that year, he was selected to join the academy of A-League Men club Newcastle Jets. He was a member of the Jets U18s as the prepared for the upcoming FNSW Boys Youth League One season in February 2023.
In October 2023, he was selected to join the squad of SC Viktoria 06 Griesheim in Germany. In the summer transfer window of 2024 Pharrell signed a one-year contract with TSV Schott Mainz.

International career

Born in Australia, Trainor is of Samoan heritage. His family is from the village of Magiagi Tai and he is the nephew of Satiu Simativa Perese, Chief Justice of Samoa. He was selected to captain the national U17 team in the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship. He went on to score four goals in a victory over Tonga as Samoa advanced to the knockout stage. He made his senior international debut on November 17, 2023, in a 1–0 defeat to the Solomon Islands at the 2023 Pacific Games. In the team's next match, Trainor converted a penalty en route to a 10–0 victory over American Samoa.

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list the Samoa's goal tally first.''