Kiani Wong
Personal information
Full name Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong[1]
Date of birth (2000-11-21) 21 November 2000[1]
Place of birth Papeete, Tahiti[2]
Position(s) 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– 1. FC Saarbrücken 1 (0)
International career
Tahiti 1+[4] (0+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2020

Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong (born 21 November 2000) is a Tahitian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Saarbrücken and the Tahiti women's national team.

Early life and training

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 Kiani Wong at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Les trophées du sport 2017 : Kiani Wong N°15". polynésie 1 (in French). 10 February 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kiani Wong" (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Match". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Challenger #17 : Kiani Wong" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Kiani Wong, le rêve au bout des crampons" (in French). TNTV News. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Kiani, espoir féminin du football français" (in French). Femmes de Polynésie. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Football féminin - Kiani Wong réalise son rêve" (in French). La Dépêche de Tahiti. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "International trio sign for Yeovil Town Women". SheKicks. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "FCS-Frauen haben jetzt elf Neue beisammen". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via PressReader.
  11. ↑ "Football – Jeux du Pacifique : Du renfort pour nos sélections" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Waqanidrola is Fiji's ambassador to OFC". FijiLive. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Tahiti Women's National Team on tour in Europe". Oceania Football Center. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Tahiti name 22-player squad for OFC Women's Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Les Vahine 'Ura à la conquête de la Nations Cup" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Fare Rata met à l'honneur les footballeuses tahitiennes" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Un timbre pour promouvoir le sport au féminin" (in French). Radio1. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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