Japhet Tanganga

Japhet Tanganga is a central defender currently playing in Tottenham’s Under-18 team.

Japhet Tanganga
Full Name	Japhet Tanganga
Date of Birth	31 March 1999
Age	26 years
Place of Birth	Hackney, England
Position	Defender
Nationality	English
Current club	Tottenham
Previous club/s

Youth career

Tanganga joined Tottenham as an Under-11. In August 2014, the strong centre back was voted MVP as Tottenham were victorious in the South Korea Cup, an Under-16 tournament, which included teams such as Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund. He made his youth team debut as an Under-16 during 2014-15, going on to make a total of five appearances in the campaign. Japhet impressed in central defence, with Tottenham's Under-18 team keeping clean sheets in four of the five games Tanganga started.

International

Japhet has earned six caps for England's Under-16 team.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Under-21			Under-19			Under-18			Total
		Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals
Tottenham	2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0
Career total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0

(Correct up to end of 22 July 2015)

Contract

Japhet began his two-year scholarship at Tottenham at the start of the 2015-16 campaign.