Tete Yengi
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Livingston
Number 33
Youth career
SA NTC
2015–2016 Croydon Kings
2017–2019 Adelaide Comets
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Adelaide Comets 38 (9)
2020–2021 Newcastle Jets 9 (0)
2021 Newcastle Jets NPL 1 (7)
2021–2024 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2022 → VPS (loan) 27 (7)
2023 → Northampton Town (loan) 16 (0)
2023 → KuPS (loan) 11 (1)
2024– Livingston 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023

Tete Yengi (born 28 November 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for Livingston as a forward. Yengi has previously played for Newcastle Jets, Ipswich Town, VPS, Northampton Town and KuPS.[2][3]

Career

Ipswich Town

In September 2021, Yengi signed for League One club Ipswich Town on a one-year deal with the option for a further year, originally joining the team's Under 23 side.[4]

In April 2022, Yengi joined VPS on loan for the 2022 season.[5] During his time in Finland, Yengi scored seven goals and assisted a further eleven, winning his club's Player of the Year award.[6]

On 31 January 2023, Yengi signed a new eighteen-month contract and subsequently joined League Two club Northampton Town on loan until the end of the season.[7][8]

Livingston

On 1 January 2024, Livingston announced they had signed Yengi on a two-and-a-half year deal.[9]

Personal life

Yengi is of South Sudanese and English descent.[10] His older brother, Kusini, plays as a forward for Portsmouth.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Paquette, Catherine. "NEWCASTLE JETS A-LEAGUE ATTACKER BECOMES SECOND AUSSIE AT IPSWICH TOWN". FTBL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Yengi and Armson sign scholarship deals". newcastlejetsfc.com.au. Newcastle Jets FC. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tervetuloa Keltamustiin Tete Yengi". kups.fi.
  4. ↑ "New arrival Yengi on bench for U23s". Ipswich Town FC. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tete Yengi Vepsuun!". vepsu.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Watson, Stuart (10 November 2022). "Ipswich Town: Tete Yengi named Player of Year in Finland". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "NORTHAMPTON TOWN SIGN TETE YENGI ON LOAN FROM IPSWICH TOWN". www.ntfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "NEW DEAL AND COBBLERS LOAN FOR TETE". www.itfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Livingston sign Australian striker Tete Yengi from Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Special feature: The record cohort giving 'millions of us' a new perspective on Australia". 16 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Paquette, Catherine (28 September 2021). "NEWCASTLE JETS A-LEAGUE ATTACKER BECOMES SECOND AUSSIE AT IPSWICH TOWN". FTBL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.


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