Kiani Wong | |
Fullname: | Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong |
Birth Date: | 2000 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Papeete, Tahiti |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
Clubnumber: | 16 |
Youthclubs1: | A.S. Tefana |
Youthclubs2: | Clairefontaine |
Youthclubs3: | FC Vendenheim[1] |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs1: | FC Vendenheim |
Caps1: | 5 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | Cardiff City |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs3: | Yeovil United |
Years4: | 2020– |
Clubs4: | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalteam1: | Tahiti |
Nationalcaps1: | 4[2] |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 18 October 2020 |
Kiani Heipuarii Mareva Wong (born 21 November 2000) is a Tahitian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Saarbrücken and the Tahiti women's national team.
Wong has played football since the age of 4.[3] Her father is a football coach.[4] In Tahiti, she played for A.S. Tefana for ten years, and was a finalist for the Tahiti Nui cup as an U15 player.
In May 2016 she attended the INF Clairefontaine in France.[5] While overseas she studied at the Lycée Jean Monnet and University of Strasbourg.[6]
Wong was subsequently recruited by FC Vendenheim in Alsace, France.[7] She later played with Cardiff City in Wales, and signed with Yeovil Town Women in England at the end of 2019.[8] In the fall of 2020, Wong transferred to 1. FC Saarbrücken in Germany, and was expected to start playing immediately due to team injuries.[9]
Kiani Wong was selected for the Tahiti national team for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup and for the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa.[10] In 2021, she was appointed as a football ambassador by the Oceania Football Confederation as part of its women's football strategy.[11]
In February 2022, she was selected for Tahiti's friendly matches against Luxembourg and Andorra.[12] In July, she was named to the squad for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[13] [14]
Wong featured with women's footballers Gwendoline Fournier and Camille Andre on a stamp to celebrate international women's day 2023.[15] [16]