Wilfried Kanga

Wilfried Kanga
A cropped in close up shot of Wilfried Kanga looking at the camera with his head slightly turned to the right.
A 2022 photo of Wilfried Kanga
Personal information
Full name Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City (on loan from Hertha Berlin)
Number 15
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)
2023–2024 → Standard Liège (loan) 36 (12)
2024– → Cardiff City (loan) 15 (0)
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 22 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga (born 21 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a forward for EFL Championship side Cardiff City and is on loan from 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.[3] Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

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]

On 30 July 2024, Kanga joined Cardiff City on loan.[9]

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.[10][11][12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

Career statistics

As of 23 November 2024[15]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Créteil (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 24 5 — — — — 24 5
Angers 2017–18 Ligue 1 9 0 — — — — 9 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 18 2 1 0 1 0 — — 20 2
2019–20 Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 — — 5 1
2020–21 Ligue 1 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Total 33 2 1 0 2 1 — — 36 3
Kayserispor 2020–21 Süper Lig 14 2 1 1 — — — 15 3
Young Boys 2021–22 Swiss Super League 31 12 3 4 — 8 0 — 42 16
2022–23 Swiss Super League 2 3 0 0 — 1 0 — 3 3
Total 33 15 3 4 — 9 0 — 45 19
Hertha BSC 2022–23 1. Bundesliga 23 2 0 0 — — — 23 2
Standard Liège (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 31 12 1 0 — — — 32 12
Cardiff City (loan) 2024–25 EFL Championship 13 0 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 14 0
Career total 171 38 6 5 3 1 9 0 0 0 189 44
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Turkish Cup, Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Belgian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

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. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 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. ^ "Kanga joins Bulut's Bluebirds". Cardiff City F.C. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga". Culturepsg.com.
  11. ^ "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". Lestitisdupsg.fr. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". Chartreshorizon-football.com. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF". Fff.fr.
  14. ^ "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
  15. ^ "W. Kanga".