Career
Paenui was capped seven times with the Tuvalu national football team at the Pacific Games, in both 2003 and 2007. In 2003 he played in four games, and scored in the match against Kiribati. In 2007, he played in three games.
At the Pacific Games in 2011, Paenui was called up to the national Volleyball team however, the team lost all four games they played.