Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga [1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Montreuil, France | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cardiff City (on loan from Hertha Berlin) | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2007 | FCM Garges-lès-Gonesse | ||
2007–2009 | FC Villepinte | ||
2009–2010 | Sevran FC | ||
2010–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Créteil (loan) | 24 | (5) |
2017–2020 | Angers II | 8 | (8) |
2017–2020 | Angers | 33 | (2) |
2020–2021 | Kayserispor | 14 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Young Boys | 33 | (15) |
2022– | Hertha BSC | 23 | (2) |
2023–2024 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 36 | (12) |
2024– | → Cardiff City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Ivory Coast U20 | 1 | (0) |
2018 | France U20 | 4 | (1) |
2022– | Ivory Coast | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC) |
Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga (born 21 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a forward for EFL Championship side Cardiff City on loan from 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. [3] Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.
Kanga is a youth product of PSG, and moved on loan to US Créteil-Lusitanos, after signing his first professional contract. [4] After his successful season in the Championnat National, Kanga was transferred to Angers in the Ligue 1. [5] He made his professional debut for Angers, in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with Lille on 27 August 2017. [6]
On 30 July 2022, Kanga signed a four-year contract with Hertha BSC in Germany. [7]
On 7 August 2023, Kanga moved on a season-long loan to Standard Liège in Belgium. [8]
On 30 July 2024, Kanga joined Cardiff City on loan. [9]
Kanga was born in France and is Ivorian by descent, and represented the Ivory Coast U20s in a 3–2 friendly victory over the Qatar U20s in March 2016. [10] [11] [12]
Kanga switched and represented the France U20s at the 2018 Toulon Tournament. He scored on his debut against the South Korea U20s on 28 May 2018. [13]
Kanga switched back to represent the senior Ivory Coast national team in September 2022, and debuted with them in a friendly 2–1 win over Togo national team on 25 September 2022. [14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Créteil (loan) | 2016–17 | Championnat National | 24 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||||
Angers | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||||
2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
2020–21 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 3 | ||||
Kayserispor | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
Young Boys | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 42 | 16 | ||
2022–23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 | ||||
Total | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 45 | 19 | ||||
Hertha BSC | 2022–23 | 1. Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
Standard Liège (loan) | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 12 | |||
Career total | 158 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 44 |
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