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{{short description|Papua New Guinean footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Lucy Maino
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| fullname       = Lucy Philomena Maino
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|8|2}}<ref name=UHHA>{{Cite web|url=https://hiloathletics.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/lucy-maino/4160|title=Lucy Maino - Women's Soccer|website=University of Hawaii Hilo Athletics|accessdate=23 April 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Port Moresby]], Papua New Guinea<ref name=UHHA/>
| height         = 1.70 m<ref name=UHHA/>
| position       = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Right back]]<ref name=CC>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cocathletics.com/sports/wsoc/2014-15/bios/maino_lucy_wb14|title=Lucy Maino |website=College of the Canyons|accessdate=23 April 2020}}</ref>
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| youthclubs1    = Heritage Christian HS
| collegeyears1  = 2014–2015
| college1       = [[College of the Canyons|College of the Canyons Cougars]]
| collegecaps1   = 41
| collegegoals1  = 1
| collegeyears2  = 2017–2018
| college2       = [[Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans]]
| collegecaps2   = 33
| collegegoals2  = 3
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| nationalyears1 = 2015–
| nationalteam1  = [[Papua New Guinea women's national football team|Papua New Guinea]]
| nationalcaps1  = 4{{efn|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/2019-pacific-games-womens-group-b-147694888/papua-new-guinea-solomon-islands-5-2-147719207/|title=Match|website=Oceania Football Federation|date=8 July 2019|accessdate=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/2019-pacific-games-womens-group-b-147694888/tahiti-papua-new-guinea-0-4-147719211/|title=Match|website=Oceania Football Federation|date=12 July 2019|accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/2019-pacific-games-womens-group-b-147694888/papua-new-guinea-vanuatu-6-1-147719212/|title=Match|website=Oceania Football Federation|date=15 July 2019|accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/2019-pacific-games-womens-group-b-147694888/cook-islands-papua-new-guinea-1-5-147719214/|title=Match|website=Oceania Football Federation|date=18 July 2019|accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref>}}
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| pcupdate = 3 November 2018
| ntupdate = 30 July 2022
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[association football|soccer]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fbw|PNG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Pacific Games|Pacific Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Pacific Games|2015 Port Moresby]]|[[Football at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 Pacific Games|2019 Apia]]|[[Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[OFC Women's Nations Cup|OFC Nations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup|2022 Fiji]]|}}
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'''Lucy Philomena Maino''' (born 2 August 1995) is a Papua New Guinean [[women's association football|footballer]] and [[beauty pageant]] titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Papua New Guinea|Miss Papua New Guinea 2019]]. She is a two-time [[Pacific Games]] gold medalist as part of the [[Papua New Guinea women's national football team|Papua New Guinean women's national football team]].
==Education==
Lucy Maino is an alumna of the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo]] (UH Hilo) in [[Hilo, Hawaiʻi]]. She majored in [[business administration]] graduating in 2019.<ref name=UHHA/>
==Junior football==
===Youth===
Maino attended and played for the Heritage Christian School in [[North Hills, Los Angeles|North Hills]], graduating in 2014.<ref name=UHHA/>
===College===
In 2014–15, she attended the [[College of the Canyons]] (COC), a [[public college|public]] [[community college]], in [[Santa Clarita, California]]. She appeared in 40 of her teams' 41 matches over two seasons (2014 and 2015). She starred in her teams win-draw-loss record of 29-4-8 during that time and won two conference championships. They were ranked number 13 in the national junior college poll in 2015.<ref name=UHHA/>
===NCAA===
From 2016–18, she attended the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo]] as a recognized [[NCAA Division II]] student athlete. She spent the whole of 2016 as a red-shirt for the [[Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans]]. On 2 September 2017, she made her debut for the Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans with a 2–0 win over [[Pace University]]. She would go on to cap 33 games for the Vulcans in two seasons (2017–18).<ref name=UHHA/>
==Representative career==
===Summer Youth Olympics===
In 2010, Lucy Maino made her debut appearance in Papua New Guinea colours when she was named to the [[Papua New Guinea at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics#Football|Papua New Guinea Girls Under-15 football team]] to the [[2010 Summer Youth Olympics]] in [[Singapore]].
===Pacific Games===
In 2015, Maino made her first senior appearance for the [[Papua New Guinea women's national football team]] at the [[Pacific Games]] in [[2015 Pacific Games|2015]]. She played as [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|right back]] for the national squad as the team went through the tournament undefeated winning gold against [[New Caledonia women's national football team|New Caledonia]] by a goal to nil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1028743/papua-new-guinea-secure-spot-in-olympic-football-play-off-with-fourth-consecutive-pacific-games-gold-medal |title=Papua New Guinea secure spot in Olympic football play-off with fourth consecutive Pacific Games gold medal |website=Inside the Games |date=16 July 2015 |accessdate=30 August 2022 }}</ref>
In 2019, she made her second [[Papua New Guinea at the 2019 Pacific Games#Football|Pacific Games team]] to play in [[Apia]], [[Samoa]]. Maino was also named as co-captain of the national squad. During the Games, she scored 2 goals in the pool stages to help the team advance into the play-off for gold. In the gold medal match, Maino and the PNG women's football team successfully defended their title from 2015 this time defeating hosts [[Samoa women's national football team|Samoa]], 3–1.
===OFC Nations Cup===
In 2022, Maino was part of the historic PNG squad that won the country's first [[OFC Women's Nations Cup|Nations Cup]] title at the [[2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup]] in [[Suva]], [[Fiji]]. She was awarded [[player of the match]] after their 2–1 win over [[Tahiti women's national football team|Tahiti]] in the pool stages.
==Pageantry==
===Miss Papua New Guinea 2019===
On 2 August 2019, Maino was announced as a contestant for the 2019 Miss PNG Pacific Islands pageant. Her launching was sponsored by Paga Hill Estate (a local estate organization in [[Port Moresby]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/maino-gives-boots-heels/ |title=Maino gives up boots for heels |access-date=17 February 2023 |date=2 August 2019 }} Retrieved 17 February 2023</ref> On 31 August, competing against five other contestants, Maino was crowned the winner by predecessor [[Leoshina Kariha]]. Maino also won a majority of the pageants special awards for Miss Tourism, Miss Trends Ambassador, Miss Friendship, Best Traditionally Inspired dress, Best Talent, and Best Sarong wear. The achievement allowed Maino to represent [[Papua New Guinea]] at the 2019 [[Miss Pacific Islands]] pageant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/maino-now-vie-pacific-crown/ |title=Maino to now vie for Pacific crown |access-date=17 February 2023 |date=4 September 2019 }} Retrieved 17 February 2023</ref>
===Miss Pacific Islands 2019===
On the 24–30 November 2019, Maino contested the Miss Pacific Islands pageant as Miss Papua New Guinea in her hometown of [[Port Moresby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/twelve-island-queens-vie-for-2020-crown/ |title=Twelve Island Queens vie for 2020 crown |date=29 November 2019 |publisher=The National |last= |first= }} Retrieved 3 May 2023</ref> During the crowning night on the 30th of November, Maino was selected as one of the pageants top five contestants by the panel of judges. In addition, she won the special award for Best Sarong Wear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fijitimes.com/public-health-nurse-crowned-2019-miss-pacific-islands/ |title=Public health nurse crowned 2019 Miss Pacific Islands |date=1 December 2019 |publisher=The Fiji Times |last=Talebula |first=Kate }} Retrieved 3 May 2023</ref> By the end of the event, Maino finished third overall after being announced as the second runner-up, finishing behind first runner-up [[Gladys Habu]] of [[Solomon Islands]] and winner [[Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu]] of [[Miss Samoa|Samoa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.pngfacts.com/2019/11/miss-samoa-fonoifafo-nancy-mcfarland.html |title=Miss Samoa Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland Seumanu crowned new Pacific Islands Queen |date=30 November 2019 |publisher=Papua New Guinea Today |last= |first= }} Retrieved 3 May 2023</ref>
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[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women's association football fullbacks]]
[[Category:Papua New Guinean women's soccer players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)]]
[[Category:Papua New Guinea women's international soccer players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics]]
[[Category:College of the Canyons alumni]]
[[Category:University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo alumni]]
[[Category:Papua New Guinean expatriate women's soccer players]]
[[Category:Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States]]
[[Category:Miss Earth 2020 contestants]]
[[Category:College women's soccer players in the United States]]
[[Category:Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea]]