Victor Wanyama

Kenyan association football player

Key facts

2006: Nairobi City Stars
2025: Dunfermline Athletic
Full name: Victor Mugubi Wanyama
Date of birth: ( 1991-06-25 ) 25 June 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth: Nairobi , Kenya
Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position: Defensive midfielder
2006 2008: JMJ Youth Academy
2006 2007: AFC Leopards
2007 2008: Helsingborg
Years: Team
2008 2011: Beerschot
2011 2013: Celtic
2013 2016: Southampton
2016 2020: Tottenham Hotspur
2020 2024: CF Montréal
2007 2020: Kenya

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Kenya

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kenya
Place of birth: Nairobi
Sibling: McDonald Mariga
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Sport: association football
Member of team: Kenya men's national football team
Position played: midfielder
League: Major League Soccer
Country for sport: Kenya
Mass: 76
Image: Victor Wanyama.jpg
Height: 188

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Commons category: Victor Wanyama
date of birth: 1991-06-25
sport number: 12
name in native language: Victor Wanyama
birth name: Victor Mugubi Wanyama
start of work period: 2009-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Victor Mugubi Wanyama ( Kenyan English: [waˈɲama] ; born 25 June 1991) is a Kenyan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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, he moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million, making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club at the time, surpassing the £9.5 million Russian club Spartak Moscow paid for Aiden McGeady in 2010. In summer 2016, Wanyama moved to Southampton's Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur, reaching the 2019 UEFA Champions League final with the side, before signing for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal in March 2020. In 2025, Wanyama returned to Scotland to play for Dunfermline Athletic under his former Celtic manager Neil Lennon.

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