Japhet

Tanganga

CB Sheffield United #2

Centre-Back – Defender

Japhet Tanganga

Sheffield United Championship

Top 8% of centre-backs in the world
#223 centre-back aged 26–29
Top 21% in the Championship

Date of birth / Age: 31 Mar 1999 (27)
Citizenship: EnglandCongo DR
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.84 m / 76 kg
Main position: Centre-Back
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

centre-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#612

centre-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#223

among centre-backs aged 26–29

In his league

80%

of Championship centre-backs rank below him

Finishing

−1.3

goals below expected · better than 45% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

5 Expected

6.3

59 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

1 Expected

1.9

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 42
StartsStarting eleven: 42
GoalsGoals: 1
AssistsAssists: –
YellowYellow cards: 11
2nd yellowSecond yellows: –
RedRed cards: 1
MinutesMinutes: 3,736

Starting eleven100%

42 of 42 appearances

Minutes played3,736

89 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals

Positions played

138 matches · since 2019/20

LBRBCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	112	6	1
Right-Back	23	0	0
Left-Back	3	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/2726/27	ChampionshipChampionship	Sheffield United	6	6	1	0	2	0	0	576
2025/2625/26	ChampionshipChampionship	Sheffield United	40	40	1	–	10	–	1	3,556
2025/2625/26	ChampionshipChampionship	Millwall	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2024/2524/25	ChampionshipChampionship	Millwall	40	40	2	0	7	0	0	3,553
2024/2524/25	Professional Development LeagueProfessional Development League	Millwall U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2024/2524/25	FA CupFA Cup	Millwall	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2023/2423/24	ChampionshipChampionship	Millwall	18	17	2	0	3	0	1	1,550
2022/2322/23	Premier LeaguePremier League	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	143
2022/2322/23	FA CupFA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2022/2322/23	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	17
2021/2221/22	Premier LeaguePremier League	Tottenham Hotspur	11	10	0	0	3	1	0	741
2021/2221/22	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	278
2021/2221/22	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2021/2221/22	FA CupFA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/2120/21	Premier LeaguePremier League	Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	2	0	0	490
2020/2120/21	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2020/2120/21	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	75
2020/2120/21	FA CupFA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019/2019/20	Premier LeaguePremier League	Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	526
2019/2019/20	Premier League 2Premier League 2	Tottenham Hotspur U23	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2019/2019/20	FA CupFA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
20192019	Audi CupAudi Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	118
2019/2019/20	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2019/2019/20	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	66
2019/2019/20	U20 Elite LeagueU20 Elite League	England U20	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	197
2018/1918/19	Premier League 2Premier League 2	Tottenham Hotspur U23	18	18	0	–	3	–	2	1,483
2018/1918/19	Premier League International CupPremier League International Cup	Tottenham Hotspur U23	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	360
20192019	International Champions CupInternational Champions Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	156
2018/1918/19	EFL Vertu TrophyEFL Vertu Trophy	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
20212021	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	England U21	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2018/1918/19	U20 Elite LeagueU20 Elite League	England U20	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017/1817/18	Premier League 2Premier League 2	Tottenham Hotspur U23	15	15	1	–	3	–	0	1,349
2017/1817/18	UEFA Youth LeagueYouth League	Tottenham Hotspur U19	7	7	2	–	1	–	0	586
2017/1817/18	EFL Vertu TrophyEFL Vertu Trophy	Tottenham Hotspur U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
20182018	UEFA U19 ChampionshipU19 Championship	England U19	8	8	1	–	0	–	0	710
2016/1716/17	U18 Premier LeagueU18 Premier League	Tottenham Hotspur U18	17	14	2	–	4	–	0	1,300
2016/1716/17	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	Tottenham Hotspur U23	5	4	0	–	1	–	0	374
2016/1716/17	UEFA Youth LeagueYouth League	Tottenham Hotspur U19	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	360
20172017	World Youth Festival Toulon Maurice RevelloWorld Youth Festival Toulon Maurice Revello	England U18	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	242

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			257	240	12	0^*	49	1^*	4	21,326

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	106	6	0
Premier League 2	35	1	–
Premier League	27	0	0
U18 Premier League	17	2	–
UEFA Youth League	11	2	–
FA Cup	10	0	–
England U19	8	1	–
Carabao Cup	7	0	–
U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	5	0	–
EFL Vertu Trophy	4	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Aug 2025 Aug 2025 · Transfer Millwall Sheffield United Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Tottenham Hotspur Millwall Transfer
May 2024 May 2024 · Back from Loan Millwall Tottenham Hotspur Back from Loan
Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Loan Tottenham Hotspur Millwall Loan Loan
Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Back from Loan Augsburg Tottenham Hotspur Back from Loan
Sept 2023 Sept 2023 · Loan Tottenham Hotspur Augsburg Loan Loan
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Tottenham Hotspur FC Under 23 Tottenham Hotspur Transfer
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Transfer Fleet Spurs Tottenham Hotspur Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Sheffield United 2025–2027 46 2
Millwall 2023–2026 62 4
Millwall U21 2024 1 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2019–2023 55 0
Tottenham Hotspur U23 2016–2020 44 1
Tottenham Hotspur U21 2017–2019 4 0
Tottenham Hotspur U19 2016–2018 11 2
Tottenham Hotspur U18 2016 17 2

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