Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic’s 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012. On 11 July 2013, Wanyama moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club, surpassing the £9.5 million Russian club Spartak Moscow paid for Aiden McGeady in 2010.
Wanyama made his debut for the Kenyan national team in May 2007, aged just 15 in a friendly against Nigeria. He also played in all six of Kenya’s 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Wanyama comes from a very sporting family. His brother McDonald Mariga is also a professional footballer, while his other brothers Thomas and Sylvester Wanyama are also footballers in the Kenyan Premier League. His father, Noah Wanyama, was a footballer for A.F.C. Leopards in the 1980s,[39] and his sister Mercy is a professional basketball player in the USA.
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Victor Wanyama
Victor Wanyama of CF Montreal was born in Nairobi, Kenya on 25 June 1991 (age 33)
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- Cen Def Mid
- Primary Position
- Midfielder
- Position
CDM
- 1.84m (6ft)
- Height
- 2
- Squad Number
- 87kg (13st 9lb)
- Weight
- 25 June 1991 (age 33)
- Date of Birth
- Nairobi
- Birthplace
- Kenya 🇰🇪
- Country of Birth
- CF Montreal
- Team
- Kenya 🇰🇪
- National Team
Season stats
- Team
-
CF MontrealMLS 2024
- Games
- 12
- Starting
- 4
- Substitute
- 8
- Unused
- 15
- Utilisation
- 44%
- Goals
- -
- Yellows
- 1
- Reds
- -
Career stats
- Team
-
CF MontrealSeason 2024
- Country
- USA 🇺🇸
- Games
- 12
- Goals
- -
- Team
-
CF MontrealSeason 2023
- Country
- USA 🇺🇸
- Games
- 25
- Goals
- -
- Team
-
CF MontrealSeason 2022
- Country
- USA 🇺🇸
- Games
- 32
- Goals
- 1
- Team
-
CF MontrealSeason 2021
- Country
- USA 🇺🇸
- Games
- 27
- Goals
- 2
- Team
-
CF MontrealSeason 2020
- Country
- USA 🇺🇸
- Games
- 21
- Goals
- 2
- Team
-
Tottenham HotspurSeason 2019 - 2020
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 2
- Goals
- -
- Team
-
Tottenham HotspurSeason 2018 - 2019
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 13
- Goals
- 1
- Team
-
Tottenham HotspurSeason 2017 - 2018
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 18
- Goals
- 1
- Team
-
Tottenham HotspurSeason 2016 - 2017
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 35
- Goals
- 4
- Team
-
SouthamptonSeason 2015 - 2016
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 30
- Goals
- 1
- Team
-
SouthamptonSeason 2014 - 2015
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 32
- Goals
- 3
- Team
-
SouthamptonSeason 2013 - 2014
- Country
- England 🏴
- Games
- 23
- Goals
- -
- Team
-
CelticSeason 2012 - 2013
- Country
- Scotland 🏴
- Games
- 32
- Goals
- 6
- Team
-
CelticSeason 2011 - 2012
- Country
- Scotland 🏴
- Games
- 29
- Goals
- 4
- Team
-
Beerschot ACSeason 2010 - 2011
- Country
- Belgium 🇧🇪
- Games
- 26
- Goals
- 1
- Team
-
Beerschot ACSeason 2009 - 2010
- Country
- Belgium 🇧🇪
- Games
- 15
- Goals
- -
- Team
-
Beerschot ACSeason 2008 - 2009
- Country
- Belgium 🇧🇪
- Games
- 1
- Goals
- -
Transfers
- Team
-
CF Montreal3 March 2020
- From
-
Tottenham Hotspur
- Type
- Free Transfer
- Team
-
Tottenham Hotspur1 July 2016
- From
-
Southampton
- Type
- Fee (£11m)
- Team
-
Southampton11 July 2013
- From
-
Celtic
- Type
- Fee (£13m)
- Team
-
Celtic1 July 2011
- From
-
Beerschot AC
- Type
- Fee (£900k)
- Team
-
Beerschot AC1 July 2008
- Type
- Signed
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