Kiani Wong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Papeete, Tahiti[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| A.S. Tefana | |||
| Clairefontaine | |||
| FC Vendenheim[3] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | FC Vendenheim | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2019–2020 | Yeovil United | ||
| 2020–2021 | Saarbrücken | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Lens | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Girondins de Bordeaux | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Tahiti | 4[4] | (1) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2020 | |||
Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong (born 21 November 2000) is a Tahitian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 3 Féminine club Girondins de Bordeaux and the Tahiti women's national team.
Early life and training
[edit | edit source]Wong has played football since the age of 4.[5] Her father is a football coach.[2] In Tahiti, she played for A.S. Tefana for ten years, and was a finalist for the Tahiti Nui cup as an U15 player.[2]
In May 2016 she attended the INF Clairefontaine in France.[6] While overseas she studied at the Lycée Jean Monnet and University of Strasbourg.[7]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Wong was subsequently recruited by FC Vendenheim in Alsace, France.[8] She later played with Cardiff City in Wales,[5] and signed with Yeovil Town Women in England at the end of 2019.[9] In the fall of 2020, Wong transferred to 1. FC Saarbrücken in Germany, and was expected to start playing immediately due to team injuries.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]Kiani Wong was selected for the Tahiti national team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup[5] and for the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa.[11] In 2021, she was appointed as a football ambassador by the Oceania Football Confederation as part of its women's football strategy.[12]
In February 2022, she was selected for Tahiti's friendly matches against Luxembourg and Andorra.[13] In July, she was named to the squad for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[14][15]
Wong featured with women's footballers Gwendoline Fournier and Camille Andre on a stamp to celebrate international women's day 2023.[16][17]
References
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Papeete
- French Polynesian women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Cardiff City Ladies F.C. players
- Yeovil Town L.F.C. players
- 1. FC Saarbrücken (women) players
- 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Tahiti women's international footballers
- French Polynesian people of Chinese descent
- French Polynesian expatriate women's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Wales
- Expatriate women's footballers in Wales
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century French sportswomen