Easther Mayi Kith (born 28 March 1997) is a

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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. Born in Canada, 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 the

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in the United States.

Club career

During her college career, Mayi Kith played for

Dynamo de Quebec Dynamo de Québec was a professional Canada, Canadian soccer team based in Quebec City, Québec City. The team represented the Capitale-Nationale region in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, PLSQ, which its men's side joined in 2017, and ...

. After that, she joined French club Montpellier HSC on 2 January 2019. She signed with WSL club

on 31 January 2023

International career

Quebec-born Mayi Kith represented Canada at the

2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship is the fourth edition of the U-17 women's championship in football for the CONCACAF region. The tournament was hosted by Jamaica from 30 October to 9 November 2013. The United States were the defend ...

and the

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. Daughter of Cameroonians, she made the one-time switch to

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

in order to play for its women's national team at the

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. She made her senior debut prior to the competition, on 17 May 2019 in a 0–4 friendly loss to

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References

1997 births Living people Citizens of Cameroon through descent Cameroonian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Cameroon women's international footballers West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players Division 1 Féminine players Montpellier HSC (women) players Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France Canadian women's soccer players Soccer people from Quebec Sportspeople from Quebec City Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France Canadian people of Cameroonian descent Black Canadian women's soccer players Francophone Quebec people Dynamo de Quebec players Royal-Sélect de Beauport players {{Cameroon-women-footy-bio-stub