Wilfried Kanga


Aka Wilfried Julien Kanga is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger for the French club Angers SCO in the Ligue 1. He originally represented his ancestral Ivory Coast as a youth international, and switched to represent his birth country, France.

Professional career

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

International career

Kanga was born in France and is of Ivorian descent, and represented the Ivory Coast U20s in a 3–2 friendly victory over the Qatar U20s on March 2016.
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.