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Easther Mayi Kith

Mayi Kith with Reading in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith
Date of birth	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.72m
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	16
Youth career
0000	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
0000	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	27	(0)
National team‡
2013–2014	Canada U-17	7	(0)
2019–	Cameroon	3	(0)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2024. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2022

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

playing against Lewes in 2024

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.

Career statistics