Teaonui Tehau

Teaonui Raymond Tehau (born 1 September 1992) is a Tahitian professional footballer who plays as a forward 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]

Teaonui Tehau

Tehau playing for Tahiti at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Teaonui Raymond Tehau[1]
Date of birth	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Faʻaʻā, Tahiti
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Vénus
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Tahiti U20	6	(1)
2009–	Vénus	225	(344)
2012–2014	Dragon (loan)	18	(5)
2014–2015	Pirae (loan)	13	(1)
International career‡
2009	Tahiti U20	3	(0)
2011–	Tahiti	49	(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 as of 8 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2025

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 8 March 2025

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
	2015–16		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
	2024–25		28	25	3	1	–		–		31	26
	Total		236	344	31	51	11	10	5	2	283	407
Pirae	2014-15	Tahiti Ligue 1	13	1			3	1			16	2
Career total			273	351	33	52	23	16	5	2	334	421

International

As of match played 21 March 2025^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tahiti	2011	5	6
	2012	9	2
	2013	3	0
	2016	5	4
	2017	2	1
	2018	2	3
	2019	5	8
	2022	2	0
	2023	7	3
	2024	8	4
	2025	1	0
Total		49	31

Scores and results list Tahiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tehau goal.

List of international goals scored by Teaonui Tehau

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5 September 2011	Stade Boewa, Boulari Bay, New Caledonia	Kiribati	10–1	17–1	2011 Pacific Games	[6]
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	Samoa	5–0	10–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[7]
8	5 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	4–0	4–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[8]
9	29 April 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Samoa	1–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[9]
10				2–0
11	1 June 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	2–2	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
12	5 June 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	1–1	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[11]
13	23 March 2017	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	3–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[12]
14	23 March 2018	Stade Pater, Pīraʻe, Tahiti	New Caledonia	2–2	4–3	Friendly	[13]
15				3–2
16				4–3
17	10 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	Tuvalu	1–0	7–0	2019 Pacific Games	[14]
18				2–0
19				5–0
20	12 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	Solomon Islands	2–0	3–0	2019 Pacific Games	[15]
21				3–0
22	18 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	American Samoa	1–0	8–1	2019 Pacific Games	[16]
23				5–1
24				6–1
25	24 November 2023	SIFF Academy Field, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Northern Mariana Islands	1–0	5–0	2023 Pacific Games	[17]
26				2–0
27	30 November 2023	SIFF Academy Field, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Papua New Guinea	2–0	2–0	2023 Pacific Games	[18]
28	16 June 2024	HFC Bank Stadium, Suva, Fiji	Samoa	2–0	2–0	2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup	[19]
29	30 June 2024	Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu	Fiji	1–1	2–1	2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup	[20]
30				2–1
31	15 November 2024	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Samoa	3–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	[21]

Honours

Player

Tahiti

• OFC Nations Cup: 2012;^[22] 3rd place 2024^[23]
• Pacific Games: 3rd place 2011^[24]

Individual

• IFFHS OFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020^[25]
• 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