Jephte Tanga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jephte Matuba Tanga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Leyton Orient | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Leyton Orient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Leyton Orient | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Sutton Common Rovers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Jephte Matuba Tanga (born 16 June 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Leyton Orient.
Playing career
Tanga made his senior debut for Leyton Orient in the EFL Trophy in the 1–0 win at home to Southampton U21 on 14 September 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Callum Reilly.[2] He later appeared in the 0–0 draw with Milton Keynes Dons in the same competition, again as a substitute, this time for Tyrese Omotoye. Orient lost the match after a penalty shoot-out.[3]
On 14 January 2022, Leyton Orient confirmed Tanga had gone on loan to Sutton Common Rovers,[4] where he won Rovers' Player of the Month award for February.[5] On his return to Orient, he made his league debut as a late substitute for Adam Thompson in the 2–2 draw at Colchester United.[6]
In June 2022, Tanga signed his first professional contract with Orient, alongside defender Harrison Sodje.[5]
Statistics
- As of match played 1 March 2022
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leyton Orient | 2021–22[7] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
External links
- Jephte Tanga at Soccerbase
References
- ^ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
- ^ "Match report: Leyton Orient 1–0 Southampton U21". Leyton Orient F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Match report: Leyton Orient 0–0 MK Dons (4–5 pens)". Leyton Orient F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Jephte Tanga joins Sutton Common Rovers on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Orient duo sign first professional contracts in E10". Leyton Orient F.C. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Colchester United 2–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Jephte Tanga at Soccerbase
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- Living people
- English footballers
- Footballers from the London Borough of Lambeth
- Association football forwards
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Sutton Common Rovers F.C. players
- Black British sportspeople