Joseph Athale
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| Full name | Joseph Georges Athale[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1995[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ouvéa Island, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tahiti United FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Gaïtcha | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Lössi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Wetr | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Magenta | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Hienghène Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2026 | Olympique Saint-Quentin | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Tahiti United FC | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | New Caledonia U20 | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | New Caledonia U23 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | New Caledonia | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Joseph Georges Athale (born 11 July 1995) is a New Caledonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tahiti club Tahiti United FC. He made his debut for the national team on 25 March 2016 in their 1–0 loss against Vanuatu and has also represented his nation in beach soccer.[3]
He joined Hienghène Sport in 2019 and scored for the club against ASPV Strasbourg in the seventh round of the Coup de France.[4] He also appeared in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, playing a full match against Al Sadd.[5]
In January 2023, Athale moved to the French Metrople, signing for Olympique Saint-Quentin.[6]
Honours
[edit]New Caledonia U-23
- Pacific Games: Gold Medalist, 2015[7]
Individual
- OFC Professional League Team of the Season: 2026 (substitute)[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Hienghène Sport" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
- ↑ "Athale's got big dreams". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Tahiti bend Solomon Islands in final preview". 21 June 2019.
- ↑ "Vauban Strasbourg vs. Hienghène Sport - 16 November 2019 - Soccerway".
- ↑ FIFA.com
- ↑ Football: Joseph Athalé, la touche néo-calédonienne de l’OSQ en National 2
- ↑ "Welcome to Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea for the XV Pacific Games Final between Tahiti and New Caledonia". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "The stars of Oceania's first professional football league! 🤩 🙌". OFC Professional League. Oceania Football Confederation. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026 – via Instagram.
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- New Caledonian men's footballers
- AS Magenta players
- AS Lössi players
- ASC Gaïca players
- New Caledonia men's international footballers
- People from the Loyalty Islands
- Men's association football midfielders
- 2016 OFC Nations Cup players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- OFC Professional League players
- New Caledonian football biography stubs