Wilfried Kanga

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.

Wilfried Kanga
Personal information
Full name Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998
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)
2016–2017Créteil (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

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Créteil (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 245245
Angers 2017–18 Ligue 1 9090
2018–19 1821010202
2019–20 40001151
2020–21 2020
Total 3321021363
Yeni Malatyaspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 14211153
Young Boys 2021–22 Swiss Super League 14834802512
Career total 85175521800010023

References

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