Benjamin Totori

Totori with Waitakere United in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Totori[1]
Date of birth	(1986-02-20) 20 February 1986[1]
Place of birth	Fishing Village, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Laugu United
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2019

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

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 in 2007. In 2008, he moved abroad signing with the Portland Timbers in the United States after impressing New Zealand-born coach Gavin Wilkinson.^[14]

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

On 19 June 2012 it was announced Totori had signed a one-year deal with Hyundai A-League club Wellington Phoenix.^[17]

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

From 2014 until 2017 he played in his homeland for Western United. He played in New Zealand for Three Kings United in the NRFL Premier, for Lautoka from Fiji Premier League, Solomon Warriors, Ba and since July 2020 for Isabel United.

Career statistics

International career

He made his debut for the Solomon Islands in an August 2007 World Cup qualifying match against American Samoa 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.^[20]

Totori represented his home side at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup in Honiara, Solomon Islands. In a game against Papua New Guinea Totori scored the lone goal of the match, and then in the final group match against New Zealand Totori scored a goal to tie the match 1–1.

International goals

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

Honours

External links

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

References