Wilfried Kanga

Wilfried Kanga
Personal information
Full name Aka Wilfried Kanga
Date of birth (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Angers
Number 11
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– Angers II 5 (5)
2017– Angers 9 (0)
National team‡
2016 Ivory Coast U20 1 (0)
2018- France U20 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:31, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2018

Aka Wilfried Kanga (born 21 February 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger for the French club Angers SCO in the Ligue 1. Kanga 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.[1] After his successful season in the Championnat National, Kanga transferred to Angers SCO in the Ligue 1.[2] Kanga made his professional debut for Angers in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with LOSC Lille on 27 August 2017.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil".
  2. ↑ "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". 4 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ↑ "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga".
  5. ↑ "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". www.lestitisdupsg.fr.
  6. ↑ "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". 24 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF".

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