Benjamin Totori (born 20 February 1986) is a

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

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who plays as a striker for Kossa. He has played in the United States and New Zealand.

Club career

A small but speedy striker, Totori made his name at NZFC side YoungHeart Manawatu before moving to Richmond Athletic and then onto

Waitakere United Waitakere United was a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They were one of the franchises in the ISPS Handa Premiership. They played their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu and The Trusts Arena. History Waitakere Uni ...

in 2007. In 2008, he moved abroad signing with the Portland Timbers in the United States after impressing

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

-born coach

Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson (born 5 November 1973) is a former New Zealand footballer who served as general manager and President of Soccer for the Portland Timbers from 2009 to 2022. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in th ...

. Totori returned to Waitakere United after injury cut short his career in the USA. He joined

Koloale FC Honiara Koloale FC, Honiara, is a Solomon Islands football club, playing in the Telekom S-League. They are based in Honiara. Their ground is Lawson Tama Stadium. Koloale FC has been one of Solomon Islands most successful clubs in recent years, winning t ...

in October 2010 after another successful spell in New Zealand. He immediately ended up top goalscorer in the

Telekom S-league The Telekom S-League, commonly known as just the Solomon Islands S-League or more simply the S-League for sponsorship reasons, is a semi professional league and the top division of the Solomon Islands Football Federation. It was known as the Solo ...

, netting 23 goals in only 19 matches. On 19 June 2012 it was announced Totori had signed a one-year deal with

Hyundai A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

club

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

. On 14 June 2013, Totori and

mutually decided to terminate his contract, allowing him to join the

Oakleigh Cannons Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club, established by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community, currently competes in the NPL Victoria. The ...

for the remainder of the 2013 season.Phoenix pull plug on Totori deal
– 3News From 2014 until 2017 he played in his homeland for

Western United Western United Football Club is an Australian professional football club. The club is based in the western Melbourne suburb of Truganina, the club aims to represent western Victoria, incorporating the western suburbs of Melbourne; the region ...

. He played in New Zealand for

Three Kings United Three Kings United Football Club is a youth football club based in Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand. They previously competed in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1, with their last appearance coming in 2019. In 2020, Three Kings United m ...

in the

NRFL Premier The Northern League is a semi-professional New Zealand association football competition. It is a top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two overall. The Northern League includes football clubs located in the northern pa ...

, for Lautoka from Fiji Premier League, Solomon Warriors, Ba and since July 2020 for Isabel United.

Career statistics

Club

International

International career

He made his debut for the

in an August 2007 World Cup qualifying match against

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and has represented his country in several age groups at international level. At the 2011 Pacific Games, Totori scored a hat trick in the Solomon Islands' opening 7–0 win over

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

.Oceania Football Confederation: Solomon Islands 7–0 Guam
– Oceania football Confederation Totori represented his home side at the

2012 OFC Nations Cup 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

in Honiara, Solomon Islands. In a game against

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Totori scored the lone goal of the match, and then in the final group match against

Totori scored a goal to tie the match 1–1.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Solomon Islands's goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual

* 2006 Oceania Club Championship Top scorer *

2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tour ...

Top scorer

External links

*
Player profile
nbsp;– Waitakere United
2008/2009 stats
nbsp;– NZFC

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Totori, Benjamin 1986 births Living people People from Honiara Men's association football forwards Solomon Islands men's footballers Solomon Islands men's international footballers Solomon Islands expatriate men's footballers Waitakere United players Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players Wellington Phoenix FC players USL First Division players Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand A-League Men players Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in the United States Oakleigh Cannons FC players Lautoka F.C. players New Zealand Football Championship players 2012 OFC Nations Cup players 2016 OFC Nations Cup players