Kelly Youga

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Kelly Youga
Personal information
Full name Kelly Alexandre Youga
Date of birth September 22, 1985 (1985-09-22) (age 22)
Place of birth    Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Charlton Athletic
Number 26
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2005
2005–
2005
2007
2007–2008		 Lyon B
Charlton Athletic
→ Bristol City (loan)
→ Bradford City (loan)
→ Scunthorpe United (loan)		 27 (1)
11 (0)
04 (0)
11 (0)
19 (1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 08:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Kelly Alexandre Youga (born September 22, 1985 in Bangui) is a football player from the Central African Republic, playing for Charlton Athletic.

[edit] Playing career

Having previously played for Olympique Lyonnais, he transferred to Charlton Athletic on a free transfer in July 2005 after finishing his school exams. Before playing a game for Charlton, in October 2005 he was loaned to Bristol City, where he played four times for the first team. In 2007 he was loaned to Bradford City until the end of the 2006–07 season,[1] playing 11 times for the club before his loan spell was cut short by injury,[2] as they were relegated from League One.[3] In summer 2007 he turned down a second loan to the club.[4] He subsequently joined newly promoted Championship side Scunthorpe United on a six-month loan deal.[5] He returned to Charlton in January 2008 after making 19 appearances and scoring once for the Iron. He made his senior debut for Charlton on 5 January 2008 in the side's 1–1 FA Cup draw with West Bromwich Albion, before making his league debut for the club a week later on 12 January 2008 against Blackpool in a 4–1 win.

Kelly was a mascot at the 1998 World Cup Final at the age of 13.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parker, Simon. "I'm the Beckham of Bangui", Telegraph & Argus, 8 February 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 
  2. ^ Parker, Simon. "Youga's City loan cut short through injury", Telegraph & Argus, 23 April 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 
  3. ^ Parker, Simon. "Woeful City relegated", Telegraph & Argus, 28 April 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 
  4. ^ "Bantams fail in bid to land Youga", BBC Sport, 7 July 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 
  5. ^ "Defender Youga joins Scunthorpe", BBC Sport, 9 July 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 

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