Benjamin Totori

Totori withWaitakere United in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Totori[1]
Date of birth	(1986-02-20)20 February 1986 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth	Fishing Village,Honiara,Solomon Islands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Uncles	19	(21)
2005	Nasinu
2005–2007	YoungHeart Manawatu	41	(32)
2007	Richmond Athletic	4	(4)
2007–2008	Waitakere United	19	(10)
2008	Portland Timbers	3	(0)
2008–2010	Waitakere United	29	(14)
2010–2012	Koloale	19	(23)
2012–2013	Wellington Phoenix	15	(0)
2013	Oakleigh Cannons	0	(0)
2013–2014	Western United		(3)
2014	Waitakere United	0	(0)
2014–2017	Western United
2017	Three Kings United	3	(0)
2017–2018	Western United	1	(0)
2018–2019	Lautoka	23	(11)
2019	Solomon Warriors	7	(5)
2020	Ba
2020	Isabel United	12	(6)
2021	Solomon Warriors	18	(12)
2022–2023	Kossa	15	(3)
2023	Laugu United	16	(8)
International career‡
2003	Solomon Islands U17	4	(4)
2005	Solomon Islands U20	5	(4)
2008	Solomon Islands U23	5	(8)
2007–	Solomon Islands	52	(29)
Medal record Men'sfootball Representing Solomon Islands Pacific Games Runner-up 2011 New Caledonia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 July 2019

Benjamin Totori (born 20 February 1986) is aSolomon Islandsfootballer who plays as a striker forKossa. He has played in the United States and New Zealand.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

A small but speedy striker, Totori made his name atNZFC sideYoungHeart Manawatu before moving toRichmond Athletic and then ontoWaitakere United in 2007. In 2008, he moved abroad signing with thePortland Timbers in the United States after impressingNew Zealand-born coachGavin Wilkinson.^[14]

Totori returned to Waitakere United after injury cut short his career in the USA. He joinedKoloale FC Honiara in October 2010 after another successful spell in New Zealand.^[15] He immediately ended up top goalscorer in theTelekom S-league, netting 23 goals in only 19 matches.^[16]

On 19 June 2012 it was announced Totori had signed a one-year deal withHyundai A-League clubWellington Phoenix.^[17]

On 14 June 2013, Totori andWellington Phoenix mutually decided to terminate his contract, allowing him to join theOakleigh Cannons for the remainder of the 2013 season.^[18]

From 2014 until 2017 he played in his homeland forWestern United. He played in New Zealand forThree Kings United in theNRFL Premier, forLautoka fromFiji Premier League,Solomon Warriors,Ba and in July 2020 forIsabel United.

From 2021 until 2023 he played forSolomon Warriors F.C.,Kossa F.C.thenLaugu United.

^[19]

He made his debut for theSolomon Islands in an August 2007World Cup qualifying match againstAmerican Samoa and has represented his country in several age groups at international level.

At the2011 Pacific Games, Totori scored a hat trick in the Solomon Islands' opening 7–0 win overGuam.^[20]

Totori represented his home side at the2012 OFC Nations Cup inHoniara, Solomon Islands. In a game againstPapua New Guinea Totori scored the lone goal of the match, and then in the final group match againstNew Zealand Totori scored a goal to tie the match 1–1.

Scores and results list Solomon Islands's goal tally first.^[21]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 August 2007	National Soccer Stadium,Apia,Samoa	American Samoa	1–0	12–1	2007 South Pacific Games
2.				2–0
3.	3 September 2007		Samoa	1–0	3–0
4.				2–0
5.	7 July 2011	Lawson Tama Stadium,Honiara,Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	2–0	2–1	Friendly
6.	27 August 2011	Stade Rivière Salée,Nouméa,New Caledonia	Guam	3–0	7–0	2011 Pacific Games
7.				4–0
8.				7–0
9.	30 August 2011		American Samoa	1–0	4–0
10.	3 September 2011		Tuvalu	1–0	6–1
11.				4–0
12.	2 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Papua New Guinea	1–0	1–0	2012 OFC Nations Cup
13.	6 June 2012		New Zealand	1–1	1–1
14.	10 June 2012			2–3	3–4
15.				3–3
16.	24 March 2016		Papua New Guinea	1–0	2–0	Friendly
17.	9 June 2017			2–0	3–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.	25 August 2007	Port Vila Municipal Stadium,Port Vila,Vanuatu	Tonga	2–0	8–0	2017 Pacific Mini Games
19.				3–0
20.	9 December 2017		Tuvalu	5–0	6–0
21.	15 December 2017		Vanuatu	1–1	2–3
22.	29 August 2018	Estádio Campo Desportivo,Taipa,Macau	Macau	4–0	4–1	Friendly
23.	24 March 2019	Taipei Municipal Stadium,Taipei,Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei	1–0	1–0
24.	8 June 2019	National Stadium,Kallang,Singapore	Singapore	3–2	3–4
25.	8 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa	Tuvalu	5–0	13–0	2019 Pacific Games
26.				7–0
27.	15 July 2019		American Samoa	4–0	13–0
28.	18 July 2019		Fiji	3–4	4–4
29.				4–4

Wellington Phoenix

• NE Super Series Championship runner-up: 2012^[22][23]

Solomon Islands

• Pacific Games: runner-up2011 New Caledonia^[24][25]

• 2006 Oceania Club Championship Top scorer
• 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament Top scorer

• Benjamin Totori at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player profile – Waitakere United
• 2008/2009 stats – NZFC

• 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

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