Tete Yengi

Tete Yengi (born 28 November 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for Veikkausliiga club KuPS, on loan from Ipswich Town as a forward. Yengi recently played for Newcastle Jets.[2][3]

Tete Yengi
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
(on loan from Ipswich Town)
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2014 SA NTC
2015–2016 Croydon Kings
2017–2019 Adelaide Comets
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Adelaide Comets 38 (9)
2020–2021 Newcastle Jets 9 (0)
2021 Newcastle Jets NPL 1 (7)
2021– Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2022 → VPS (loan) 27 (7)
2023 → Northampton Town (loan) 10 (0)
2023– → KuPS (loan) 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023

Career

Ipswich Town

In September 2021, Yengi signed for League One club Ipswich Town on a one-year deal with the option for a further year, originally joining the team's Under 23 side.[4]

In April 2022, Yengi joined VPS on loan for the 2022 season.[5] During his time in Finland, Yengi scored seven goals and assisted a further eleven, winning his club's Player of the Year award.[6]

On 31 January 2023, Yengi signed a new eighteen-month contract and subsequently joined League Two club Northampton Town on loan until the end of the season.[7][8]

Personal life

Yengi is of South Sudanese descent.[9] His older brother, Kusini, plays as a forward for Portsmouth.

References
  1. Paquette, Catherine. "NEWCASTLE JETS A-LEAGUE ATTACKER BECOMES SECOND AUSSIE AT IPSWICH TOWN". FTBL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. "Yengi and Armson sign scholarship deals". newcastlejetsfc.com.au. Newcastle Jets FC. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. "Tervetuloa Keltamustiin Tete Yengi". kups.fi.
  4. "New arrival Yengi on bench for U23s". Ipswich Town FC. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  5. "Tete Yengi Vepsuun!". vepsu.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. Watson, Stuart (10 November 2022). "Ipswich Town: Tete Yengi named Player of Year in Finland". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. "NORTHAMPTON TOWN SIGN TETE YENGI ON LOAN FROM IPSWICH TOWN". www.ntfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. "NEW DEAL AND COBBLERS LOAN FOR TETE". www.itfc.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  9. "Special feature: The record cohort giving 'millions of us' a new perspective on Australia". 16 January 2022.


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