Teaonui Tehau

Teaonui Tehau

Tehau playing for Tahiti at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Teaonui Tehau[1]
Date of birth	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tahiti
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vénus
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Tahiti U20	6	(1)
2009–	Vénus	208	(328)
2012–2014	Dragon	18	(5)
2014–2015	Pirae	13	(1)
International career^‡
2009	Tahiti U20	3	(0)
2011–	Tahiti	48	(31)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Tahiti OFC Nations Cup Winner 2012 Solomon Islands 2024 Fiji/Vanuatu Pacific Games 2011 New Caledonia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Teaonui Tehau (born 1 September 1992) is a Tahitian professional footballer who plays as a striker or as a midfielder for Vénus.^[2][3] He is the cousin of the brothers Alvin Tehau, Lorenzo Tehau and Jonathan Tehau, all of them playing for Tahiti.^[4]

International career

He has represented Tahiti at both junior and senior level. He was also part of the history making 2012 OFC Nations Cup squad which won the tournament.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tahiti U20	2008–09	Tahiti Ligue 1	6	1	2	1	–		–		8	2
Vénus	2009–10	Tahiti Ligue 1					–		–
	2010–11						–		–
	2011–12						–		–
	Total
Dragon	2012–13	Tahiti Ligue 1	18	5			6	4			24	9
	2013–14						3	1			3	1
	Total		18	5			9	5			27	10
Vénus	2013–14	Tahiti Ligue 1	18	25			–		–		18	25
	2014–15		7	3			–		–		7	3
	Total		25	28							25	28
Pirae	2014–15	Tahiti Ligue 1	13	1			3	1			16	2
Vénus	2015–16	Tahiti Ligue 1	8	13	1	1	–		–		9	14
	2016–17		27	40	2	0	–		–		29	40
	2017–18		27	53	3	10	3	2	–		33	65
	2018–19		27	42	4	11	–		1	0	32	53
	2019–20		15	20	3	8	3	4	1	0	22	32
	2020–21		18	27	5	7	–		–		23	34
	2021–22		22	42	5	8	5	4	2	2	34	56
	2022–23		21	38	3	4	–		1	0	25	42
	2023–24		18	23	2	1	–		–		20	24
	Total		208	328	28	50	11	10	5	2	251	385
Career total			245	335	30	51	23	16	5	2	302	423

International

As of match played 18 November 2024^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tahiti	2011	5	6
	2012	9	2
	2013	3	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	5	4
	2017	2	1
	2018	2	3
	2019	5	8
	2020	0	0
	2021	0	0
	2022	2	0
	2023	7	3
	2024	8	4
Total		48	31

As of match played 15 November 2024. Tahiti score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tehau goal.^[6][2]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 September 2011	Stade Boewa, Boulari Bay, New Caledonia	4	Kiribati	10–1	17–1	2011 Pacific Games
2					11–1
3					13–1
4					15–1
5					16–1
6					17–1
7	1 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	6	Samoa	2–0	10–1	2012 OFC Nations Cup
8	5 June 2012		8	Vanuatu	4–0	4–1
9	29 May 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	18	Samoa	1–0	4–0	2016 OFC Nations Cup
10					2–0
11	1 June 2016		19	Papua New Guinea	2–2	2–2
12	5 June 2016		20	New Caledonia	1–1	1–1
13	23 March 2017		23	Papua New Guinea	3–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	24 March 2018	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae, Tahiti	26	New Caledonia	2–2	4–3	Friendly
15					3–2
16					4–3
17	10 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	28	Tuvalu	1–0	7–0	2019 Pacific Games
18					2–0
19					5–0
20	12 July 2019		29	Solomon Islands	1–0	3–0
21					2–0
22	18 July 2019		31	American Samoa	1–0	8–1
23					5–1
24					6–1
25	24 November 2023	SIFF Academy Field, Honiara, Solomon Islands	38	Northern Mariana Islands	1–0	5–0	2023 Pacific Games
26					2–0
27	30 November 2023		39	Papua New Guinea	2–0	2–0
28	16 June 2024	HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji	40	Samoa	2–0	2–0	2024 OFC Nations Cup
29	30 June 2024		44	Fiji	1–1	2–1
30					2–1
31	15 November 2024	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	47	Samoa	3–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Player

Tahiti

• OFC Nations Cup: 2012;^[7] 3rd place 2024^[8]
• Pacific Games: 3rd place 2011^[9]

Individual

• IFFHS OFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020^[10]
• Topscorer Champions League:
  • 1 (2022)
• Topscorer Ligue 1:
  • 6 (2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22)
• Topscorer Tahiti Cup:
  • 2

References

1. "Squad lists for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 7 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
2. "Teaonui Tehau". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
3. "Teaonui Tehau". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
4. Lorenzo Tehau. "Tahiti's Tehau boys leading the way – FIFA.com". M.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
5. "Teaonui Tehau". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
6. Teaonui Tehau at Soccerway
7. "2012 OFC Nations Cup-Tahiti Squad". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
8. "Coupe des Nations 2024 de l'OFC : Découvrez la liste officielle des joueurs sélectionnés!" (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
9. "Football at the 2011 Pacific Games-Tahiti Squad". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
10. "IFFHS MAN TEAM – OFC – OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2021.