Wilfried Kanga

Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga (born 21 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a forward for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège, on loan from Hertha BSC.[3] Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

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)[2]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Standard Liège
(on loan from Hertha BSC)
Number 14
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)
2021–2022 Young Boys 33 (15)
2022– Hertha BSC 23 (2)
2023– → Standard Liège (loan) 8 (3)
International career‡
2016 Ivory Coast U20 1 (0)
2018 France U20 4 (1)
2022– Ivory Coast 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Kanga is a youth product of PSG, and moved on loan to US Créteil-Lusitanos, after signing his first professional contract.[4] After his successful season in the Championnat National, Kanga was transferred to Angers in the Ligue 1.[5] He made his professional debut for Angers, in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with Lille on 27 August 2017.[6]

On 30 July 2022, Kanga signed a four-year contract with Hertha BSC in Germany.[7]

On 7 August 2023, Kanga moved on a season-long loan to Standard Liège in Belgium.[8]

International career

Kanga was born in France and is Ivorian by descent, and represented the Ivory Coast U20s in a 3–2 friendly victory over the Qatar U20s in March 2016.[9][10][11]

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.[12]

Kanga switched back to represent the senior Ivory Coast national team in September 2022, and debuted with them in a friendly 2–1 win over Togo national team on 25 September 2022.[13]

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 245————245
Angers 2017–18 Ligue 1 90————90
2018–19 1821010——202
2019–20 400011——51
2020–21 20————20
Total 3321021——363
Kayserispor 2020–21 Süper Lig 14211———153
Young Boys 2021–22 Swiss Super League 14834—80—2512
Career total 85175521800010023

References
  1. "AlKass Cup Start List 2014" (PDF). Reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Wilfried Kanga". Hertha BSC. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. "Kayserispor, Wilfried Kanga ile anlaşt". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil". Culturepsg.com.
  5. "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". Stadito.fr. 4 July 2017.
  6. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". Lfp.fr.
  7. "HERTHA BSC SIGN WILFRIED KANGA". Hertha BSC. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. "WILFRIED KANGA NOUVEL ATTAQUANT DES ROUCHES" [WILFRIED KANGA NEW STRIKER FOR THE ROUCHES] (in French). Standard Liège. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga". Culturepsg.com.
  10. "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". Lestitisdupsg.fr.
  11. "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". Chartreshorizon-football.com. 24 March 2016.
  12. "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF". Fff.fr.
  13. "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
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