Japhet Tanganga

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

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, Tottenham's Under-18 team kept clean sheets in four of the five games Tanganga started.

International

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

Career statistics

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

Club	Season	Under-21			Under-19			Under-18			Total
Club	Season	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
Tottenham	2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0
Career total		0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	7	1	0

(Correct up to end of 4 October 2015)

Career honours

Contract

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