Wilfried Kanga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreuil, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kayserispor | ||
| 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– | Kayserispor | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Ivory Coast U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U20 | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2020 ‡ 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 Turkish club Kayserispor.[2] He originally represented his ancestral Ivory Coast as a youth international, and switched to represent his birth country, France.
Professional 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 SCO in the Ligue 1.[4] He made his professional debut for Angers in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with LOSC 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]
References
- ^ "AlKass Cup Start List 2014" (PDF). reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ https://www.goal.com/tr/haber/kayserispor-wilfried-kanga-ile-anlasti/12us2ovt2z11x1jhr1m2dkewzv
- ^ "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil".
- ^ "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". 4 July 2017.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga".
- ^ "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". www.lestitisdupsg.fr.
- ^ "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF".
External links
- Wilfried Kanga at Soccerway
- Wilfried Kanga – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Wilfried Kanga at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Culture PSG Profile
- Anger SCO Profile
- Wilfried Kanga at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paris
- Association football forwards
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- Ivorian footballers
- Ivory Coast under-20 international footballers
- French people of Ivorian descent
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Angers SCO players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National players