Wilfried Kanga

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Wilfried Kanga
Personal information
Full name Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2007 FCM Garges-lès-Gonesse
2007–2009 FC Villepinte
2009–2010 Sevran FC
2010–2016 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Créteil (loan) 24 (5)
2017–2020 Angers II 8 (8)
2017–2020 Angers 33 (2)
2020–2021 Kayserispor 14 (2)
2021– Young Boys 14 (8)
National team‡
2016 Ivory Coast U20 1 (0)
2018 France U20 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2018

Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga (born 21 February 1998) is a French professional footballer, who plays as a right winger for Swiss club Young Boys.[2] He originally represented his ancestral Ivory Coast as a youth international, and switched to represent his birth country, France.

Club career[]

Kanga is a youth product of PSG, and moved on loan to US Créteil-Lusitanos, after signing his first professional contract.[3] After his successful season in the Championnat National, Kanga was transferred to Angers in the Ligue 1.[4] He made his professional debut for Angers, in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with Lille on 27 August 2017.[5]

International career[]

Kanga was born in France and is of Ivorian descent, and represented the Ivory Coast U20s in a 3–2 friendly victory over the Qatar U20s on March 2016.[6][7][8]

Kanga switched and represented the France U20s at the 2018 Toulon Tournament. He scored on his debut against the South Korea U20s on 28 May 2018.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of 24 December 2021<ref>
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Créteil (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 24 5 — — — — 24 5
Angers 2017–18 Ligue 1 9 0 — — — — 9 0
2018–19 18 2 1 0 1 0 — — 20 2
2019–20 4 0 0 0 1 1 — — 5 1
2020–21 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Total 33 2 1 0 2 1 — — 36 3
Yeni Malatyaspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 14 2 1 1 — — — 15 3
Young Boys 2021–22 Swiss Super League 14 8 3 4 — 8 0 — 25 12
Career total 85 17 5 5 2 1 8 0 0 0 100 23

References[]

  1. ^ "AlKass Cup Start List 2014" (PDF). Reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Kayserispor, Wilfried Kanga ile anlaşt". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil". Culturepsg.com.
  4. ^ "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". Stadito.fr. 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". Lfp.fr.
  6. ^ "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga". Culturepsg.com.
  7. ^ "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". Lestitisdupsg.fr.
  8. ^ "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". Chartreshorizon-football.com. 24 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF". Fff.fr.

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