Grejohn Kyei

Grejohn Kyei
Kyei with Lens in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Gonesse, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 95
Youth career
2003–2010 Villiers Le Bel JS
2010–2015 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Reims B 19 (14)
2015–2019 Reims 75 (13)
2018–2019 → Lens (loan) 20 (4)
2018 → Lens B (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2022 Servette 72 (22)
2022–2024 Clermont 77 (12)
2024–2026 Standard Liège 6 (0)
2024–2025 → Charleroi (loan) 12 (1)
2026 SL16 FC 4 (3)
International career
2015 France U21 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2026

Grejohn Kyei (born 12 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Club career

Kyei is a product of the youth academy of Reims. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 12 April 2015 against Nice replacing Nicolas de Préville after 74 minutes in a 1–0 home defeat.

Kyei helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 and promote to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.

In August 2018, Kyei joined Ligue 2 club Lens on loan for the season with Lens securing an option to sign him permanently.

In August 2019, Kyei joined Swiss Super League club Servette on a three-year contract.

On 31 January 2022, Kyei returned to France and signed with Ligue 1 side Clermont until the end of the 2021–22 season.

Having suffered relegation with Clermont in 2023–24, on 3 July 2024 Kyei moved to Belgian club Standard Liège, signing a three-year contract. On 6 September 2024, Kyei was loaned by Charleroi, with an option to buy. On 30 July 2026, his contract with Standard was terminated.

International career

Kyei was born in France and is of Ghanaian descent. He is a one-time youth international for France.

Career statistics

As of match played 12 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims B 2013–14 CFA 2 17 12 — — — 17 12
2017–18 National 2 2 2 — — — 2 2
Total 19 14 — — — 19 14
Reims 2014–15 Ligue 1 311100—42
2015–16 Ligue 1 1630010—173
2016–17 Ligue 2 2862211—319
2017–18 Ligue 2 2732020—313
2018–19 Ligue 1 100000—10
Total 75135341—8417
Lens (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 204310010245
Lens B (loan) 2018–19 National 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
Servette 2019–20 Swiss Super League 23410——244
2020–21 Swiss Super League 33 12 3 2 — 0 0 36 14
2021–22 Swiss Super League 16 6 2 0 — 0 0 18 6
Total 72 22 6 2 — 0 0 78 24
Clermont 2021–22 Ligue 1 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 37 10 1 0 — — 38 10
2023–24 Ligue 1 26 2 1 0 — — 27 2
Total 77 12 2 0 — — 79 12
Career total 26465166411028572

Honours

Reims

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 Grejohn Kyei at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Reims vs. Nice - 12 April 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ensemble, fêtons nos champions ! - Stade de Reims". 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mercato : Kyei et Bencharki prêtés à Lens". La Voix Du Nord (in French). 28 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Official Servette FC sign Grejohn Kyei from Reims - Get French Football News". 24 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "GREJOHN KYEI EN RENFORT !" (Press release) (in French). Clermont. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Grejohn KYEI est Rouche" [Grejohn KYEI is Rouche] (in French). Standard Liège. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Grejohn Kyei est Zèbre !" [Grejohn Kyei is Zebra!] (in French). Charleroi. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  9. ↑ Walckiers, Johan (30 July 2026). "Een floptransfer minder: Standard laat loonmassa zakken" [One less flop transfer: Standard reduces wage bill] (in Dutch). Standard Liège. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (20 December 2015). "France-based Kyei open to representing Ghana at senior level". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2019.