Tete Yengi

Tete Yengi

Yengi with Livingston in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Livingston
Number	39 Away shirt sponsor https://cherryjoinery.co.uk/
Youth career
	SA NTC
2015–2016	Croydon Kings
2017–2019	Adelaide Comets
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Adelaide Comets	38	(9)
2020–2021	Newcastle Jets	9	(0)
2021	→ Newcastle Jets NPL	1	(7)
2021–2024	Ipswich Town	0	(0)
2022	→ VPS (loan)	27	(7)
2023	→ Northampton Town (loan)	16	(0)
2023	→ KuPS (loan)	11	(1)
2024–	Livingston	48	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2025

Tete Yengi (born 28 November 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Livingston. Yengi has previously played for Newcastle Jets, Ipswich Town, VPS, Northampton Town and KuPS.

Career

Newcastle Jets

After playing two seasons at a semi-pro level with Adelaide Comets in NPL SA, Yengi signed a scholarship deal with Australian top division side Newcastle Jets on 30 December 2020. ^[1] He made a total of nine appearances in A-League during the 2020–21 season. ^[2]

Ipswich Town and loans

In September 2021, Yengi moved to England and signed for League One club Ipswich Town on a one-year deal with the option for a further year, initially joining the team's Under 23 side. ^[3]

VPS (loan)

In April 2022, Yengi joined Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) on loan for the 2022 season. ^[4] During his time in Finland, Yengi scored seven goals and assisted a further eleven in Veikkausliiga, winning his club's Player of the Year award. ^[5]

Northampton Town (loan)

On 31 January 2023, Yengi signed a new eighteen-month contract and subsequently joined League Two club Northampton Town on loan until the end of the season. ^{[6] [7]}

KuPS (loan)

On 16 July 2023, Yengi returned to Finland and signed a loan deal with Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) for the remainder of the 2023 season. ^[8]

Livingston

On 1 January 2024, a Scottish Premiership club Livingston announced the signing of Yengi on a two-and-a-half-year deal. ^[9] Yengi made his debut the following day in a 1-2 home defeat against Hearts and scored his first Livi goal in the next league match, a penalty in a 1-4 home defeat by Dundee. He added a further three league goals, opening the scoring on each occasion, in a 1-0 home win against St Mirren, a 1-3 home defeat by Motherwell and a 5-1 loss away to Aberdeen. ^[10] Despite Yengi's four goals in 16 games, at the end of the 2024-25 season, Livingston were relegated to the Scottish Championship after finishing bottom of the Premiership. In the Scottish Cup, Yengi added two memorable goals to his tally. Firstly in the fifth round, he headed home a 120th minute winner in a tie away to Partick Thistle, before equalizing to make the score 2-2 in an eventual 4-2 sixth round away defeat against Premiership champions Celtic at Celtic Park. ^[11]

In the 2024-25 season Yengi competed with Stevie May and Robbie Muirhead for a place in the team, starting the fewest matches of the three, but played 42 times across all competitions and scored 10 goals. Notably he scored in the Scottish Challenge Cup final, a 5-0 win over Queen's Park, and in the second-leg of the Premiership Play-off final, a 2-4 victory against Ross County to seal promotion back to the top flight. ^{[12] [13]}

Personal life

Yengi is of South Sudanese and English descent. ^[14] His older brother, Kusini, plays as a forward for Aberdeen. ^[15]

Career statistics

As of 9 June 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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
Newcastle Jets	2020–21	A-League Men	9	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Ipswich Town	2021–22	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
VPS (loan)	2022	Veikkausliiga	27	7	3	1	0	0	—		—		30	8
Northampton Town (loan)	2022–23	League Two	16	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	16	0
KuPS (loan)	2023	Veikkausliiga	11	1	0	0	0	0	2 [c]	0	—		13	1
Livingston	2023–24	Scottish Premiership	16	4	2	2	0	0	—		—		18	6
	2024–25	Scottish Championship	31	5	3	3	4	0	–		4 [d]	2	42	10
	2025–26	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		—		0	0
	Total		48	9	5	5	5	0	0	0	4	2	62	16
Career total			110	17	8	6	5	0	2	0	4	2	129	25

1. Includes Suomen Cup and Scottish Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup, Scottish League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Livingston

• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2024–25 ^[16]
• Scottish Premiership play-offs: 2025 ^[17]

References

1. "Yengi and Armson sign scholarship deals". newcastlejetsfc.com.au. Newcastle Jets FC. 30 December 2020 [30 December 2020]. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
2. NEWCASTLE JETS A-LEAGUE ATTACKER BECOMES SECOND AUSSIE AT IPSWICH TOWN, ftbl.com, 28 September 2021
3. "New arrival Yengi on bench for U23s". Ipswich Town FC. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
4. "Tete Yengi Vepsuun!". vepsu.fi (in Finnish). 6 April 2022 [6 April 2022]. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
5. Watson, Stuart (10 November 2022). "Ipswich Town: Tete Yengi named Player of Year in Finland". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
6. "NORTHAMPTON TOWN SIGN TETE YENGI ON LOAN FROM IPSWICH TOWN". www.ntfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
7. "NEW DEAL AND COBBLERS LOAN FOR TETE". www.itfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
8. "Tervetuloa Keltamustiin Tete Yengi". kups.fi. 16 July 2023 [16 July 2023].
9. "Livingston sign Australian striker Tete Yengi from Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
10. "Aberdeen 5-1 Livingston: Dons continue fine form by punishing Livi". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
11. "Celtic 4-2 Livingston". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
12. "Queen's Park vs Livingston: SPFL Trust Trophy final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
13. "Ross County 2-4 Livingston (3-5 agg)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
14. "Special feature: The record cohort giving 'millions of us' a new perspective on Australia". 16 January 2022.
15. Paquette, Catherine (28 September 2021). "NEWCASTLE JETS A-LEAGUE ATTACKER BECOMES SECOND AUSSIE AT IPSWICH TOWN". FTBL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
16. Thomson, Paul. "Queen's Park 0 Livingston 5: Lions rampant as they seal first cup win in 10 years with five-star show". Daily Record .
17. "Ross County 2–4 Livingston". BBC. 26 May 2025.

External links

• Tete Yengi at Soccerway