Easther Mayi Kith

Easther Mayi Kith

Mayi Kith with Reading in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith
Date of birth	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 28) [1]
Place of birth	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [2]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [3]
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Saint-Étienne
Number	2
Youth career
0000	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
0000	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	Kristianstads	9	(0)
2023–2024	Reading	8	(0)
2024–2025	Saint-Étienne	20	(0)
2025–	Urawa Red Diamonds
International career‡
2013–2014	Canada U-17	7	(0)
2019–	Cameroon	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025

Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for WE League club Urawa Red Diamonds. Born in Canada to Cameroonian parents, she plays for Cameroon women's national team.

Early life

She began playing soccer at age seven with Royal-Sélect de Beauport. ^[4]

College career

Mayi Kith attended West Virginia University in the United States, where she made 93 appearances for the West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer team. Her first and only collegiate career assist was on an equalizing goal in the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament championship match, and she scored in a penalty shoot-out to help West Virginia advance in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament round of 16. ^[5]

Club career

playing against Lewes in 2024

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 also played for French clubs Metz and Reims before moving to Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan in 2022 and making nine appearances there. On 31 January 2023, she signed an 18-month contract with WSL club Reading. ^{[7] [8]} On 2 July 2024, Mayi Kith was one of the players released by Reading following their voluntary demotion to the fifth tier Southern Region Women's Football League. ^[9] On 19 July 2024, she returned to France to sign with Première Ligue club Saint-Étienne. ^[10]

International career

Quebec-born Mayi Kith represented Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. ^[11] Daughter of Cameroonians, she made the one-time switch to Cameroon in order to play for its women's national team at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[12] She made her senior debut prior to the competition, on 17 May 2019 in a 0–4 friendly loss to Spain. ^[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 April 2025 ^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kristianstads	2022	Damallsvenskan	9	0	1	0	—		2	0	—		12	0
Reading	2022–23	FA Women's Super League	8	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2023–24	Women's Championship	19	0	2	0	4	0	—		—		25	0
	Total		27	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	-	35	0
AS Saint-Étienne	2024–25	Première Ligue	20	0	3	0	—		—		—		23	0
Career total			56	0	8	0	4	0	2	0	-	-	70	0

International

As of match played 8 April 2025. ^[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2019	1	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	1	0
	2025	1	0
Total		4	0

References

1. "Easther Mayi Kith – Women's Soccer". West Virginia University Athletics.
2. Easther Mayi Kith at Canada Soccer. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
3. "Easther MAYI KITH" (in French). MHSC Foot.
4. "Easther Mayi Kith Canada profile". Canadian Soccer Association . 28 January 2020.
5. "Easther Mayi Kith WVU profile". West Virginia Mountaineers .
6. "Easther Mayi Kith est Montpelliéraine" [Easther Mayi Kith is Montpellieraine] (in French). MHSC Foot. 2 January 2019.
7. "Easther Mayi Kith joins Reading on a permanent deal" (Press release). Reading FC. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
8. "Easther Mayi Kith: WSL strugglers Reading sign Cameroon defender". BBC Sport . 31 January 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
9. "Farewell to departing players from Reading FC Women". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
10. "Communiqué officiel : Easther Mayi Kith, nouveau renfort". ASSE.fr (in French). 19 July 2024.
11. Easther Mayi Kith – FIFA competition record (archived)
12. Krysinsky, John (6 May 2019). "WVU women soccer alums Abam and Kith selected to play for Cameroon at Women's World Cup". Pittsburgh Soccer Now. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
13. Easther Mayi Kith at Soccerway
14. Easther Mayi Kith at Soccerway
15. "Easther Mayi Kith Stats | Soccerway". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.

External links

• Easther Mayi Kith at Soccerway
• Easther Mayi Kith – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Easther Mayi Kith at Canada Soccer