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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 2016–2017 | → 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) |
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* 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- "AlKass Cup Start List 2014" (PDF). Reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- "Kayserispor, Wilfried Kanga ile anlaşt". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil". Culturepsg.com.
- "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". Stadito.fr. 4 July 2017.
- "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". Lfp.fr.
- "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga". Culturepsg.com.
- "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". Lestitisdupsg.fr.
- "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". Chartreshorizon-football.com. 24 March 2016.
- "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF". Fff.fr.
External links
- Wilfried Kanga at Soccerway
- Wilfried Kanga – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- Wilfried Kanga at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Culture PSG Profile
- Anger SCO Profile
- Wilfried Kanga at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Wilfried Kanga at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)