Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 28 March 1997||
Place of birth | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [2] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Royal-Sélect de Beauport | |||
AS Laser de Joliette | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 93 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Quebec Dynamo ARSQ | ||
2018 | Dynamo de Quebec | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Montpellier | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Metz | 4 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Reims | 35 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Kristianstads | 9 | (0) |
2023– | Reading | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Canada U-17 | 7 | (0) |
2019– | Cameroon | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2022 |
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She began playing soccer at age seven with Royal-Sélect de Beauport. [4]
Mayi Kith attended West Virginia University in the United States. [5]
During her college career, Mayi Kith played for Dynamo de Quebec. After that, she joined French club Montpellier HSC on 2 January 2019. [6] She signed with WSL club Reading on 31 January 2023 [7]
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