Kusini Yengi (born 15 January 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for the Western Sydney Wanderers.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kusini Boja Yengi | ||
Date of birth | (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, Australia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Fulham United | |||
2014 | SA NTC | ||
2015–2017 | Adelaide Comets | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Adelaide Comets | 16 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Adelaide United NPL | 23 | (3) |
2019–2022 | Adelaide United | 27 | (6) |
2022– | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2022 |
Yengi was born in Adelaide to Ben, a refugee advocate born in what is now South Sudan who emigrated to Australia in the early 1970s,[2] and Emma Yengi, an English-born primatologist.[3][4]
On 21 February 2020, Yengi made his debut for Adelaide United coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute in a 5–2 defeat to the Western Sydney Wanderers, the club he would join two years later.[5][6]
On 13 March 2021, he scored a goal and registered an assist against arch-rivals Melbourne Victory, with Yengi celebrating his goal by leaping over advertising hoardings and celebrating in front of Melbourne Victory supporters.[7][8]
On 12 November 2022, Yengi, after an assist from Milos Ninkovic, scored the only goal to beat Sydney FC and win the Sydney Derby for the Western Sydney Wanderers.
Yengi's younger brother, Tete, also plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club VPS on loan from EFL League One club Ipswich Town.[9][10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Adelaide United | 2019–20 | A-League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | A-League | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 4 | |||
2021–22 | A-League Men | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
Career total | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
Yengi, born in Adelaide to an English mother and South Sudanese father...
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