Wilfried Kanga

Aka Wilfried Julien 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. He originally represented his ancestral Ivory Coast as a youth international, and switched to represent his birth country, France.

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 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) 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 26 (2)
2017– Angers II 7 (6)
National team‡
2016 Ivory Coast U20 1 (0)
2018 France U20 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:00, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2018

Professional career

Kanga is a youth product of PSG, and moved on loan to US Créteil-Lusitanos, after signing his first professional contract.[2] After his successful season in the Championnat National, Kanga was transferred to Angers SCO in the Ligue 1.[3] He made his professional debut for Angers in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with LOSC Lille on 27 August 2017.[4]

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.[5][6][7]

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.[8]

References
  1. "AlKass Cup Start List 2014" (PDF). reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil".
  3. "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". 4 July 2017.
  4. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". www.lfp.fr.
  5. "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga".
  6. "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". www.lestitisdupsg.fr.
  7. "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". 24 March 2016.
  8. "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF".
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