Jonathan Torohia
Tahiti association football player (born 1985)
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Jonathan Torohia (born 22 February 1985) is a Tahitian footballer and beach soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Manu-Ura and the Tahiti national beach soccer team.[1]
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Torohia at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Papeete, Tahiti | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manu-Ura | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2017 | Pirae | ||
| 2017– | Manu-Ura | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Tahiti | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 April 2021 | |||
Career
International
Torohia made his senior international debut on 3 September 2007 in a 1-0 World Cup qualifying victory over the Cook Islands.[2]
Beach
Torohia also competes with the Tahitian national beach soccer team. After impressing at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Torohia joined Barcelona for the 2013 Mundialito de Clubes.[3] At the 2015 edition of the Beach Soccer World Cup, Torohia was named the best goalkeeper as Tahiti finished runners-up.[4]
In October 2013 he was appointed a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.[5][6]
