Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 November 2000||
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 | 4 [4] | (1) | |
*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.
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]
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]
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]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 November 2000||
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 | 4 [4] | (1) | |
*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.
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]
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]
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]