Wilfried Kanga

Wilfried Kanga

Kanga in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga [1]
Date of birth	(1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Montreuil, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s)	Winger, forward
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Zagreb
Number	16
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)
2022–2025	Hertha BSC	23	(2)
2023–2024	→ Standard Liège (loan)	36	(12)
2024–2025	→ Cardiff City (loan)	15	(0)
2025–	Dinamo Zagreb	4	(1)
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 15 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ 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 HNL side Dinamo Zagreb. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Kanga is a youth product of PSG, and moved on loan to US Créteil-Lusitanos, after signing his first professional contract. ^[3] After his successful season in the Championnat National, Kanga was transferred to Angers in the Ligue 1. ^[4] He made his professional debut for Angers, in a Ligue 1 1–1 tie with Lille on 27 August 2017. ^[5]

On 30 July 2022, Kanga signed a four-year contract with Hertha BSC in Germany. ^[6]

On 7 August 2023, Kanga moved on a season-long loan to Standard Liège in Belgium. ^[7]

On 30 July 2024, Kanga joined Cardiff City on loan. ^[8]

International career

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. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

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. ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Career statistics

As of 25 January 2025 ^[14]

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
Créteil (loan)	2016–17	Championnat National	24	5	—		—		—		—		24	5
Angers	2017–18	Ligue 1	9	0	—		—		—		—		9	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	18	2	1	0	1	0	—		—		20	2
	2019–20	Ligue 1	4	0	0	0	1	1	—		—		5	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	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	Swiss Super League	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
Cardiff City (loan)	2024–25	EFL Championship	15	0	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	16	0
Dinamo Zagreb	2024–25	Croatian Football League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
Career total			174	38	6	5	3	1	9	0	0	0	192	44

1. Includes Coupe de France, Turkish Cup, Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Belgian Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

References

1. "AlKass Cup Start List 2014" (PDF). Reysol.co.jp. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
2. "Wilfried Kanga". Hertha BSC. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
3. "Le PSG officialise la signature de Kanga et son prêt à Créteil". Culturepsg.com.
4. "Angers SCO : Wilfried Kanga nouveau venu". Stadito.fr. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
5. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 4ème journée - Angers SCO / LOSC". Lfp.fr.
6. "HERTHA BSC SIGN WILFRIED KANGA". Hertha BSC. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
7. "WILFRIED KANGA NOUVEL ATTAQUANT DES ROUCHES" [WILFRIED KANGA NEW STRIKER FOR THE ROUCHES] (in French). Standard Liège. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
8. "Kanga joins Bulut's Bluebirds". Cardiff City F.C. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
9. "Cinq U18 du PSG en sélection, dont Kanga". Culturepsg.com.
10. "[Exclu] Wilfried Kanga (U19/PSG) : " Une passe, c'est bien ! Un but, c'est mieux… " - Les Titis du PSG". Lestitisdupsg.fr. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
11. "Jean-Philippe avec la Côte d'Ivoire - Chartres Horizon". Chartreshorizon-football.com. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
12. "Match - France - Corée du Sud - FFF". Fff.fr.
13. "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
14. "W. Kanga".

External links

• Profile at the Hertha BSC website
• Wilfried Kanga at Soccerway
• Wilfried Kanga – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Wilfried Kanga at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Culture PSG Profile
• Wilfried Kanga at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Wilfried Kanga at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)