Benjamin Totori

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]}

Benjamin Totori

Totori with Waitakere United in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Totori[1]
Date of birth	(1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 38)[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

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

Club

As of 20 November 2023.^[19]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Uncles	2002–03	FA Premier League	19	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21
Wantoks	2004	Solomon S-League	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
Young Hearts Manawatu	2005–06	NZFC	11	8	0	0	5	7	0	0	16	15
	2006–07		21	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	24
	Total		32	32	0	0	5	7	0	0	37	39
Richmond Athletic	2007	Mainland Premier League	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Waitakere United	2007–08	NZFC	19	10	0	0	6	2	0	0	25	12
	2008–09		12	7	0	0	4	1	1	0	17	8
	2009–10		14	6	0	0	7	4	0	0	21	10
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
	Total		45	23	0	0	20	8	1	0	66	31
Portland Timbers	2008	USL-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Koloale	2010–11	Solomon S-League	19	23	0	0	6	3	0	0	25	26
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	6	3
	Total		19	23	0	0	12	6	0	0	31	29
Wellington Phoenix	2012–13	A-League	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Western United	2013–14	Solomon S-League	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
	Total		10	3	0	0	6	1	0	0	16	4
Three Kings United	2017	Mainland Premier League	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Lautoka	2018	Fiji Premier League	13	7	0	0	8	3	0	0	21	10
	2019		10	4	11	8	3	2	0	0	24	12
	Total		23	11	11	8	11	5	0	0	45	22
Solomon Warriors	2019–20	Telekom S-League	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
	2021		18	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	12
	Total		25	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	17
Ba	2020	Fiji Premier League	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1
Isabel United	2020–21	Telekom S-League	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	6
Kossa	2022–23	Telekom S-League	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	3
Laugu United	2023–24	Telekom S-League	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	8
	Total		43	17	0	0	3	1	0	0	46	18
Total career			242	153	12	9	57	28	1	0	312	190

International

National team	Years	Apps	Goals
Solomon Islands	2007	5	4
	2011	8	7
	2012	8	4
	2013	2	0
	2016	8	1
	2017	11	5
	2018	2	1
	2019	8	7
Total		52	29

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

Individual

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

External links

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

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
2. "Solomon soccer star hits US". stuff.co.nz.
3. "'smiley, talented' Totori". stuff.co.nz.
4. "Solomons 'goal-scoring machine'". stuff.co.nz.
5. "Phoenix's Yellow Fever hits Solomon Islands". stuff.co.nz.
6. "Soccer boys go from rags to riches". stuff.co.nz.
7. "Herbert keeps talent of Totori in reserve". nzherald.co.nz.
8. "Totori warming to the task". nzherald.co.nz.
9. "Herbert backs Totori". nzherald.co.nz.
10. "Benny's on the ball". nzherald.co.nz.
11. "When the right knee prevented Benjamin Totori to make it big in America". oceaniafootballcenter.org.
12. "Totori to rely on speed". soccernews.com.
13. "Big expectations on Totori". solomonstarnews.com.
14. TOTORI LANDS A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WITH PORTLAND TIMBERS Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine – Oceania Football Confederation
15. Koloale strengthen defence Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Oceania Football Confederation
16. S-League wraps up with awards ceremony Archived 25 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Oceania Football Confederation
17. "Phoenix Sign Totori". Football Federation Australia. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
18. Phoenix pull plug on Totori deal Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine – 3News
19. "Competition".
20. Oceania Football Confederation: Solomon Islands 7–0 Guam Archived 5 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Oceania football Confederation
21. "Totori, Benjamin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 November 2017.