Carlos Tuimavave (born 10 January 1992) is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or stand-off for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship.

[4] He played his junior football for the Mount Wellington Warriors while attending St. Patricks Catholic School and Sacred Heart College, both in east Auckland.

[5] Tuimavave is a first cousin of former New Zealand Warriors, Newcastle Knights and Hull Kingston Rovers player, Evarn Tuimavave, Adam Tuimavave- Gerrard who also played New Zealand Warriors and, Antonio Winterstein who played for Brisbane Broncos and The Cowboys.

[6] Mike Setefano a known player in the league scene is Carlos Tuimavave’s step father.

Setefano played for the Auckland City Vulcans in the 1994 Lion Red Cup, and toured New Zealand with Western Samoa in 1994.

In 1995 he joined the North Harbour Sea Eagles, and was part of the team that won the 1995 Lion Red Cup.

Forming a halves partnership with Shaun Johnson, Tuimavave was named the Man of the Match in the 2010 Grand Final and also won the Warriors' Young NYC Player of the Year award.

[16] At the end of 2012, he was named one of the top ten young players of 2012 in an article by Lifestyle Uncut.

[22] On 25 July, it was confirmed that Tuimavave would be heading off to play in England next season for Super League side Hull F.C.

[23] On 27 September, he played in the Knights' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final win over the Wyong Roos.

[27][28] On 26 August 2017, Tuimavave won the Challenge Cup for a second year in a row in Hull's 18-14 win over the Wigan Warriors at Wembley Stadium.