Japhet Tanganga

Japhet Manzambi Tanganga (born 31 March 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur as a defender.

Japhet Tanganga
Personal information
Full name Japhet Manzambi Tanganga[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999[2]
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 39
Youth career
2009–2019 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Tottenham Hotspur 6 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 England U16 3 (0)
2016 England U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 England U18 6 (0)
2017–2018 England U19 11 (1)
2018– England U20 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:42, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:09, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Tanganga was born in Hackney, London, to a Congolese family.[3] He went on to attend Greig City Academy and at the age of 10 joined the Tottenham youth academy.[4] In June 2019 he had his contract with Tottenham extended until 2020.[5] On 24 September 2019, he made his debut in the EFL Cup away to Colchester United.[6] He made his full Premier League debut at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Liverpool on 11 January 2020.[7] Three days later he played the full 90 minutes against Middlesbrough in a FA Cup replay, which Spurs won 2–1 and was named man of the match.[8]

International career

Tanganga has represented England youth levels at under-16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. In 2017, he took part in the Toulon Tournament which England went on to win.[4]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

Career statistics
As of match played 10 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur U23 2017–18[10] ———2[lower-alpha 1]020
2018–19[11] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Total ———5050
Tottenham Hotspur 2019–20[12] Premier League 6030101[lower-alpha 2]0110
Career total 60301060160
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

References
  1. "Tanganga, Japhet Manzambi Tanganga". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. "Japhet Tanganga". 11v11. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. Eccleshare, Charlie. "Mourinho's new boy Tanganga: an old-fashioned, pacy defender..." The Athletic.
  4. "Japhet Tanganga profile". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  6. Stanton, John (24 September 2019). "Colchester United 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  7. McNulty, Phil (11 January 2020). "Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. Emons, Michael (15 January 2020). "Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Middlesbrough, FA Cup third-round replay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  9. "Match Report". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  11. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  12. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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