Grejohn Kyei

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Grejohn Kyei
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Kyei with Lens in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Gonesse, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Standard Liège
Number 95
Youth career
2003–2010 Villiers Le Bel JS
2010–2015 Reims
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2018 Reims B 19 (14)
2015–2019 Reims 75 (13)
2018–2019Lens (loan) 20 (4)
2018Lens B (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2022 Servette 72 (22)
2022–2024 Clermont 77 (12)
2024– Standard Liège 6 (0)
2024–2025Charleroi (loan) 12 (1)
International career
2015 France U21 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2025

Grejohn Kyei (born 12 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liege. [1]

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Club career

Kyei is a product of the youth academy of Reims. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 12 April 2015 against Nice replacing Nicolas de Préville after 74 minutes in a 1–0 home defeat. [2]

Kyei helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 and promote to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season. [3]

In August 2018, Kyei joined Ligue 2 club Lens on loan for the season with Lens securing an option to sign him permanently. [4]

In August 2019, Kyei joined Swiss Super League club Servette on a three-year contract. [5]

On 31 January 2022, Kyei returned to France and signed with Ligue 1 side Clermont until the end of the 2021–22 season. [6]

Having suffered relegation with Clermont in 2023–24, on 3 July 2024 Kyei moved to Belgian club Standard Liège, signing a three-year contract. [7] On 6 September 2024, Kyei was loaned by Charleroi, with an option to buy. [8]

International career

Kyei was born in France and is of Ghanaian descent. He is a one-time youth international for France. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 May 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims B 2013–14 CFA 2 17121712
2017–18 National 2 2222
Total19141914
Reims 2014–15 Ligue 1 31110042
2015–16 Ligue 11630010173
2016–17 Ligue 2 2862211319
2017–18 Ligue 22732020313
2018–19 Ligue 110000010
Total751353418417
Lens (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 220431001 [a] 0245
Lens B (loan) 2018–19 National 21010
Servette 2019–20 Swiss Super League 23410244
2020–21 Swiss Super League331232003614
2021–22 Swiss Super League1662000186
Total722262007824
Clermont 2021–22 Ligue 114000140
2022–23 Ligue 13710103810
2023–24 Ligue 126210272
Total7712207912
Career total26465166411028572

Honours

Reims

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 Grejohn Kyei at Soccerway . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. "Reims vs. Nice - 12 April 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. "Ensemble, fêtons nos champions ! - Stade de Reims". 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. "Mercato : Kyei et Bencharki prêtés à Lens". La Voix Du Nord (in French). 28 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. "Official Servette FC sign Grejohn Kyei from Reims - Get French Football News". 24 August 2019.
  6. "GREJOHN KYEI EN RENFORT !" (Press release) (in French). Clermont. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. "Grejohn KYEI est Rouche" [Grejohn KYEI is Rouche] (in French). Standard Liège. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. "Grejohn Kyei est Zèbre !" [Grejohn Kyei is Zebra!] (in French). Charleroi. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  9. Okeleji, Oluwashina (20 December 2015). "France-based Kyei open to representing Ghana at senior level". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2019.