| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 December 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | De Graafschap | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2021 | Brommapojkarna | ||
| 2022– | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Brommapojkarna | 23 | (5) |
| 2024– | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → De Graafschap (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Sweden U17 | 12 | (7) |
| 2023– | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:25, 28 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023 | |||
Jardell Kanga (born 13 December 2005) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap on loan from the German side Bayer Leverkusen.
Kanga is a youth product of Brommapojkarna.[1] He began his senior career with them in 2021 in the Ettan and became their youngest ever debutant at 15 years old and 3 months, their youngest ever goalscorer, and helped them achieve promotion into the Superettan that season.[2] On 20 January 2022, he joined transferred to Bayer Leverkusen, and was assigned to their U19s.[3] In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide.[4]
On 1 February 2024, Kanga joined De Graafschap in the Dutch second-tier Eerste Divisie on loan until the end of the season.[5]
Kanga is a youth international for Sweden having played for the Sweden U17s, and is their record goalscorer at that level.[6] He represented the country at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where they were eliminated at the group stage.
Born in Sweden, Kanga is of DR Congolese descent.[7] He is the cousin of the Swedish footballer Josafat Mendes.[8]