 In 2017 he played all three games in the 2017 OFC Champions League Qualifying Stage.In 2017 Malafu was called up by Timote Moleni for the Tonga national football team to play at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games.He made his debut on December 2, 2017, in an 8–0 loss against the Solomon Islands where he played the whole 90 minutes.