Easther Mayi Kith facts for kids
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Mayi Kith with Reading in 2023
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.72m | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Reading | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | |||
| AS Laser de Joliette | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2014 | Quebec Dynamo ARSQ | ||
| 2018 | Dynamo de Quebec | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Montpellier | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Metz | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Reims | 35 | (0) |
| 2022 | Kristianstads | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Reading | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Canada U-17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019– | Cameroon | 3 | (0) |
† Appearances (Goals). |
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Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for English Women's Championship club Reading FC. Born in Canada to Cameroonian parents, she plays for Cameroon women's national team.
Early life
She began playing soccer at age seven with Royal-Sélect de Beauport.
College career
Mayi Kith attended West Virginia University in the United States, where she made 93 appearances for the West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer team. Her first and only collegiate career assist was on an equalizing goal in the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament championship match, and she scored in a penalty shoot-out to help West Virginia advance in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament round of 16.
Club career
During her college career, Mayi Kith played for Dynamo de Quebec. After that, she joined French club Montpellier HSC on 2 January 2019. She also played for French clubs Metz and Reims before moving to Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan in 2022 and making nine appearances there. On 31 January 2023, she signed an 18-month contract with WSL club Reading.
International career
Quebec-born Mayi Kith represented Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Daughter of Cameroonians, she made the one-time switch to Cameroon in order to play for its women's national team at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut prior to the competition, on 17 May 2019 in a 0–4 friendly loss to Spain.
