Jonathan Tehau
Tehau with Tahiti at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Tehau[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-09) 9 January 1988[1]
Place of birth Tahiti
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Central Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 AS Tamarii
2012–2013 AS Tefana
2013 AS Dragon
2013–2018 AS Tefana
2014 → AS Dragon (loan)
2018– Central Sport
International career
2011–2017 Tahiti 26 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan Tehau (born 9 January 1988) is a Tahitian footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for A.S. Central Sport.[2] He is the brother of twins Lorenzo Tehau and Alvin Tehau and cousin of Teaonui Tehau, all playing for Tahiti national team.[3] He made 26 appearances for the Tahiti national team scoring five goals.

International career

2012 OFC Nations Cup

Tehau was selected in the 23-man Tahiti by head coach Eddy Etaeta for the 2012 OFC Nations Cup. He featured heavily in the tournament playing mainly at centre back, he scored his first international goal against Samoa in the first group A game of the tournament, he later scored another goal in that game which eventually finished 10–1 to Tahiti and scored two more goals against Vanuatu in the final game of group A and against Solomon Islands in the semi-finals of the tournament. He also played in the final of the tournament against New Caledonia. The game finished 1–0 to Tahiti with the only goal of the game being scored by Steevy Chong Hue, thus recording the first ever victory in the OFC Nations Cup for Tahiti.[4]

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Tehau was again included in the 23-man Tahiti squad for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup along with his brothers Alvin Tehau, Lorenzo Tehau and cousin Teaonui Tehau. On 17 June 2013 in Tahiti's first game of the tournament against Nigeria, Jonathan Tehau scored Tahiti's first ever goal at a Confederations Cup in the 54th minute, a back post header from a corner delivered by Marama Vahirua, reducing the deficit to 3–1 and sending the Tahiti bench into raptures.[5] Tehau also scored an own goal 15 minutes after he scored in that game that eventually finished 6–1 to Nigeria, making him the first person to score at both ends in Confederations Cup history.[6] He played in Tahiti's remaining two games in the tournament against Spain and Uruguay.[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tahiti 201180
2012124
201341
201610
201710
Total265
Scores and results list Tahiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tehau goal.
List of international goals scored by Jonathan Tehau[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
11 June 2012Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Samoa2–010–12012 OFC Nations Cup
27–1
35 June 2012Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Vanuatu2–04–12012 OFC Nations Cup
48 June 2012Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands1–01–02012 OFC Nations Cup
517 June 2013Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Nigeria1–31–62013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Honours

Tahiti

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Football Ligue 1: Pluie de buts pour cette 1ère journée!". Sports Tahiti (in French). 14 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tahiti's Tehau boys leading the way". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tahiti 1-0 New Caledonia, Tahitians win first ever title". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nigeria runs over lively Tahiti". ESPN. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tahiti goalscoring hero Jonathan Tehau dreams of Barcelona". Gulf News. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tehau makes dreams come true". FIFA. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Tehau Profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "J. TEHAU-Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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