Kelly Youga

Football player infobox
playername = Kelly Youga


fullname = Kelly Alexandre Youga
height = height|meters=1.85
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|9|22
cityofbirth = Bangui
countryofbirth = Central African Republic
currentclub = Charlton Athletic
clubnumber = 3
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004–2005
2005–
2005
2007
2007–2008
clubs = Lyon B
Charlton Athletic
→ Bristol City (loan)
→ Bradford City (loan)
→ Scunthorpe United (loan)
caps(goals) = 27 (1)
20 (0)
04 (0)
11 (0)
19 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 08:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

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

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, [cite news
first=Simon
last=Parker
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1179114.0.im_the_beckham_of_bangui.php
title=I'm the Beckham of Bangui
accessdate=2008-01-05
date=8 February 2007
publisher=Telegraph & Argus] playing 11 times for the club before his loan spell was cut short by injury, [cite news
first=Simon
last=Parker
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1349587.0.yougas_city_loan_cut_short_through_injury.php
title=Youga's City loan cut short through injury
accessdate=2008-01-05
date=23 April 2007
publisher=Telegraph & Argus] as they were relegated from League One. [cite news
first=Simon
last=Parker
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1362773.0.woeful_city_relegated.php
title=Woeful City relegated
accessdate=2008-01-05
date=28 April 2007
publisher=Telegraph & Argus] In summer 2007 he turned down a second loan to the club. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6280016.stm
title=Bantams fail in bid to land Youga
accessdate=2008-01-05
date=7 July 2007
publisher=BBC Sport] He subsequently joined newly promoted Championship side Scunthorpe United on a six-month loan deal. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/6284080.stm
title=Defender Youga joins Scunthorpe
accessdate=2008-01-05
date=9 July 2007
publisher=BBC Sport] 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.cafc.co.uk/playerdisplay.ink?skip=33&season=2007/2008 Kelly Youga player profile] at cafc.co.uk
*soccerbase|id=41526|name=Kelly Youga
* [http://www.icons.com/youga/ Kelly Youga's personal website]