Japhet Tanganga

Japhet Manzambi Tanganga (born 31 March 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Japhet Tanganga
Tanganga with Tottenham Hotspur in 2020
Personal information
Full name Japhet Manzambi Tanganga[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999[2]
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 25
Youth career
2009–2019 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Tottenham Hotspur 6 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 England U16 3 (0)
2016 England U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 England U18 6 (0)
2017–2018 England U19 11 (1)
2017–2019 England U20 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:42, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:09, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Tanganga was born in Hackney, Greater London,[4] to a Congolese family.[5] He went on to attend Greig City Academy and at the age of 10 joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy.[6]

Club career

In June 2019 Tanganga had his contract with Tottenham extended until 2020.[7] On 24 September 2019, he made his debut in the EFL Cup away to Colchester United.[8] On 11 January 2020, Tanganga made his full Premier League debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Liverpool.[9] Three days later he played the full 90 minutes against Middlesbrough in a FA Cup replay, which Spurs won 2–1 and was named man of the match.[10]

On 27 July 2020, Tanganga signed a new contract with Tottenham, valid until 2025.[11] However, he suffered from a series of injuries, and apart from a League Cup game against Chelsea in September, did not play any games from March 2020 when League football was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic until 26 November 2020 in the UEFA Europa League match against Ludogorets Razgrad.[12][13][14]

International career

Tanganga has represented England youth levels at under-16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.[6]

In 2014, Tanganga represented the England under-16 team against Scotland in the Victory Shield.[15] In 2017, he took part in the Toulon Tournament and was a second-half substitute in the final as England defeated Ivory Coast to retain their title.[16]

Tanganga also played at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and scored in their opening group game against Turkey.[17]

On 2 October 2020, Tanganga received his first call up to the England U21 squad [18] but withdrew on 5 October 2020 due to injury.[13][19]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur U23 2017–18[20] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
2018–19[21] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
Total ————5050
Tottenham Hotspur 2019–20[22] Premier League 6030101[lower-alpha 2]0—110
2020–21[23] Premier League 0020203[lower-alpha 3]0—70
Total 60503040—180
Career total 6050304050230
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

England U20

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. "Japhet Tanganga: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. "Japhet Tanganga: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. "Japhet Tanganga". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. Eccleshare, Charlie. "Mourinho's new boy Tanganga: an old-fashioned, pacy defender..." The Athletic.
  6. "Japhet Tanganga profile". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  8. Stanton, John (24 September 2019). "Colchester United 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  9. McNulty, Phil (11 January 2020). "Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  10. Emons, Michael (15 January 2020). "Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Middlesbrough, FA Cup third-round replay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. "Next step, next challenge for Japhet". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  12. McGrath, Mike (15 June 2020). "Exclusive: Japhet Tanganga ruled out of Tottenham's restart with back injury". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  13. Davies, Matt (5 October 2020). "Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga withdraws from maiden England U21 squad with injury". The Evening Standard.
  14. "You don't have a chance': Ludogorets coach raves about Tottenham after 4-0 loss". HITC. 27 November 2020.
  15. Bradbury, Jamie (20 November 2014). "England U16s see off Scotland in Victory Shield encounter". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  16. "Spot on young Lions hold their nerve to retain Toulon tournament title". Football Association. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  17. "England beat Turkey 3-2 in European Under-19 Championship opener". BBC Sport. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  18. "ENGLAND MU21S SQUAD TO FACE ANDORRA AND TURKEY NAMED". The Football Association. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  19. "BRANDON WILLIAMS, RHYS WILLIAMS AND SAM SURRIDGE JOIN MU21S AS FOUR WITHDRAW". The Football Association. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  20. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  21. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  22. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  23. "Games played by Japhet Tanganga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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