Wilfried Kanga

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Wilfried Kanga
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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
Youth career
2004–2007 FCM Garges-lès-Gonesse
2007–2009 FC Villepinte
2009–2010 Sevran FC
2010–2016 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 0 (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 December 2024 (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.

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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 23 November 2024 [14]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Créteil (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 245————245
Angers 2017–18 Ligue 1 90————90
2018–19 Ligue 11821010——202
2019–20 Ligue 1400011——51
2020–21 Ligue 120————20
Total3321021——363
Kayserispor 2020–21 Süper Lig 14211———153
Young Boys 2021–22 Swiss Super League 311234—80—4216
2022–23 Swiss Super League2300—10—33
Total331534—90—4519
Hertha BSC 2022–23 1. Bundesliga 23200———232
Standard Liège (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 311210———3212
Cardiff City (loan) 2024–25 EFL Championship 1300010—00140
Career total171386531900018944

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  6. ↑ "HERTHA BSC SIGN WILFRIED KANGA". Hertha BSC. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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  8. ↑ "Kanga joins Bulut's Bluebirds". Cardiff City F.C. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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