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 Wanyama with Tottenham Hotspur in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Mugubi Wanyama[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1991[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CF Montréal | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | JMJ Youth Academy | ||
| 2006 | Nairobi City Stars | ||
| 2006–2007 | AFC Leopards | ||
| 2007–2008 | Helsingborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Beerschot | 51 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Celtic | 61 | (10) |
| 2013–2016 | Southampton | 85 | (4) |
| 2016–2020 | Tottenham Hotspur | 69 | (6) |
| 2020– | CF Montréal[a] | 117 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Kenya | 64 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2020 | |||
Victor Mugubi Wanyama (Kenyan English: [wɑˈɲɑːmɑ] ; born 25 June 1991) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Kenya national team.[4][5]
Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic's 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012.[6] On 11 July 2013, Wanyama moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million, making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club at the time, surpassing the £9.5 million Russian club Spartak Moscow paid for Aiden McGeady in 2010.[7] In summer 2016 he moved to Southampton's Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur where he stayed until March 2020, when he signed with Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact.
Wanyama has earned over 60 caps for the Kenyan national team since making his international debut in May 2007 at age 15.
- ^ "List of players under written contract transferred between 01/07/2016 and 31/07/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 37. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Victor Wanyama". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Victor Wanyama". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Celtic's Victor Wanyama has joined Southampton, say Kenyans". BBC Sport. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Kenya's Wanyama reverses international retirement". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Wanyama: Saints' sights on Europe". FIFA. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Southampton in record swoop for Wanyama". FIFA. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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