A 2022 photo of Wilfried Kanga
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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 | Standard Liège (on loan from Hertha BSC) | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| 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– | → Standard Liège (loan) | 31 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Ivory Coast U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | Ivory Coast | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 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 Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège, on loan from 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]
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]
| 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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Standard Liège – current squad
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