{{Short description|Tahitian footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alvin Tehau | image = Alvin Tehau.jpg | caption = Tehau playing for Tahiti | fullname = Alvin Tehau<ref>{{cite web|title=Squad lists for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/10/38/80/fcclop_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612002515/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/10/38/80/fcclop_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2013|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)|access-date=20 June 2013|date=7 June 2013}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|04|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Tahiti | height = {{height|m=1.86}} | position = Central midfielder | currentclub = AS Tefana | clubnumber = 12 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = AS Tefana | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = Aceh United | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = AS Tefana | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = AS Dragon | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2014–2021 | clubs5 = AS Tefana | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2021– | clubs6 = AS Pirae | caps6 = | goals6 = | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Tahiti U20 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2010– | nationalteam2 = Tahiti | nationalcaps2 = 24 | nationalgoals2 = 9 | club-update = | nationalteam-update = 27 March 2022 | medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|TAH}}}} {{MedalComp|OFC Nations Cup}} {{Medal|W|2012 Solomon Islands|}} {{Medal|3rd|2024 Fiji/Vanuatu|}} {{MedalComp|OFC U-20 Championship}} {{Medal|W|2008 Tahiti|}} }} '''Alvin Tehau''' (born April 10, 1989) is a Tahitian professional association footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Tahiti Ligue 1 club AS Pirae and the Tahiti national team.
He is the twin brother of Lorenzo Tehau, brother of Jonathan Tehau and cousin of Teaonui Tehau, who have all played for the Tahiti national team.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lorenzo Tehau |url=http://m.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=1645331.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802095657/http://m.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=1645331.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |title=Tahiti's Tehau boys leading the way |website=M.fifa.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-24}}</ref>
==Club career== Tehau signed for Aceh United of Liga Primer Indonesia in 2011, alongside Cameroon internationals Pierre Njanka and Alain N'Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/id/tim/indonesia/3oht9gs0l91fikms2798i8c35|title=Berita & Hasil Indonesia|website=Goal.com|access-date=14 December 2021|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010906/http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2017/01/21/31797032/semen-padang-resmi-dapatkan-empat-sponsor-baru?ICID=SP|url-status=live}}</ref>
==International career== Tehau is a full-time member of the Tahiti national team, and represented his country at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
==International goals== :''As of match played 1 June 2016. Tahiti score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tehau goal.''<ref name=SW>{{soccerway|alvin-tehau/97263}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition |- !scope=col|No. !scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date !scope=col|Venue !scope=col|Cap !scope=col|Opponent !scope=col|Score !scope=col|Result !scope=col|Competition |- !scope=row|1 |rowspan=2|1 June 2012||rowspan=2|Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands||rowspan=2|4||rowspan=2|{{fb|Samoa}}||3–0||rowspan=2|10–1||rowspan=2|2012 OFC Nations Cup |- !scope=row|2 |4–0 |- !scope=row|3 |3 June 2012||Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands||5||{{fb|New Caledonia}}||1–0||4–3||2012 OFC Nations Cup |- !scope=row|4 |5 June 2012||Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands||6||{{fb|Vanuatu}}||3–0||4–1||2012 OFC Nations Cup |- !scope=row|5 |rowspan=2|24 September 2012||rowspan=2|Complexe Sportif Léo Lagrange, Corbeil-Essonnes, France||rowspan=2|12||rowspan=2|{{fb|Martinique|snake}}||1–1||rowspan=2|3–2||rowspan=2|2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer |- !scope=row|6 |3–1 |- !scope=row|7 |29 May 2016||Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea||18||{{fb|Samoa}}||4–0||4–0||2016 OFC Nations Cup
|- !scope=row|8 |1 June 2016||Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea||19||{{fb|Papua New Guinea}}||1–2||2–2||2016 OFC Nations Cup |- !scope=row|9 |24 March 2022||Al-Arabi Stadium, Doha, Qatar||23||{{fb|Solomon Islands}}||1–1||3–1||2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |}
==Honours== '''AS Tefana''' *Tahiti First Division: 2010, 2011 *Tahiti Cup: 2010, 2011 *OFC Champions League: Runner-up, 2012
'''Tahiti''' *OFC Nations Cup: 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.besoccer.com/Competition/squads/ofc_nations_cup/2012|title=2012 OFC Nations Cup-Tahiti Squad|access-date=October 31, 2024}}</ref>; 3rd place, 2024<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ftf.pf/coupe-des-nations-2024-de-lofc-decouvrez-la-liste-officielle-des-joueurs-selectionnes/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0NhLlJHnazTmDdj2Gt0YkfoulrY_f7JJ8gbNZM8tYhALGnCtEoCT4vTS4_aem_AcaIPmKAwz5QmTaSdOLZtm4MYxQ5omnOA29ajvaRRHeCtDrUM6AaRKkyU3-swhAUpcL3FvIaFTEJ2EYuI-LWlNxw|title= Coupe des Nations 2024 de l'OFC : Découvrez la liste officielle des joueurs sélectionnés!|language=fr|access-date=October 31, 2024}}</ref>
'''Tahiti U20''' *OFC U-20 Championship: 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-7289/|title=OFC U-20 Championship Tahiti 2008 – Tahiti claim OFC U-20 Crown|author=Oceania Football Confederation|access-date=April 25, 2026}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Defeat dents Junior All Whites World Cup dream|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=26109|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915085612/http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=26109|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 15, 2009|access-date=April 26, 2026|language=en}}</ref>
==International career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Tahiti national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2012||13||6 |- |2013||2||0 |- |2016||4||2 |- |2017||1||0 |- |2018||2||0 |- |2022||2||1 |- !Total||24||9 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Alvin Tehau}} {{NFT player|pid=40056}}
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