Jonathan Tehau is a Tahitian footballer currently playing for A.S. Central Sport. He is the brother of twins Lorenzo Tehau and Alvin Tehau and cousin of

Teaonui Tehau Teaonui Tehau (born 1 September 1992) is a Tahitian footballer who plays as a striker or as a midfielder for A.S. Vénus. He is the cousin of the brothers Alvin Tehau, Lorenzo Tehau and Jonathan Tehau, all of them playing for Tahiti. Inter ...

, all playing for

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. He is a full-time member of the

International

2012 OFC Nations Cup

Tehau was selected in the 23-man

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by head coach Eddy Etaeta for the

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. 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

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in the final game of group A and against

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in the semi-finals of the tournament. He also played in the final of the tournament against

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. 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.

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Tehau was again included in the 23-man Tahiti squad for the

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along with his brothers Alvin Tehau, Lorenzo Tehau and cousin

. On 17 June 2013 in Tahiti's first game of the tournament against

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, Jonathan Tehau scored Tahiti's first ever goal at a

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in the 54th minute, a back post header from a corner delivered by

Marama Vahirua Marama Vahirua (born 12 May 1980) is a Tahitian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in France before finishing his professional career in Greece with Panthrakikos F.C. In July 2018, he became p ...

, reducing the deficit to 1–3 and sending the Tahiti bench into raptures. 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. He played in Tahiti's remaining two games in the tournament against

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and

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International goals

''Scores and results list Tahiti's goal tally first.''

Honours

Tahiti *

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International career statistics

''As of 28 March 2017''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tehau, Jonathan 1988 births Living people French Polynesian footballers Tahiti international footballers 2012 OFC Nations Cup players 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players Association football defenders Association football midfielders