Easther Mayi Kith

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Easther Mayi Kith
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [2]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in) [3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Reading
Number 16
Youth career
0000 Royal-Sélect de Beauport
0000 AS Laser de Joliette
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 West Virginia Mountaineers 93 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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

Easther Mayi Kith (born 28 March 1997) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Reading. Born in Canada, she plays for Cameroon women's national team.

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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. [5]

Club career

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]

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. [8] 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. She made her senior debut prior to the competition, on 17 May 2019 in a 0–4 friendly loss to Spain. [9]

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References

  1. "Easther Mayi Kith – Women's Soccer". West Virginia University Athletics.
  2. Easther Mayi Kith at the Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. "Easther MAYI KITH" (in French). MHSC Foot.
  4. "Easther Mayi Kith Canada profile". Canadian Soccer Association .
  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. FC, Reading. "Easther Mayi Kith joins Reading on a permanent deal". Reading FC. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. Easther Mayi Kith FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. Easther Mayi Kith at Soccerway