Khiani Shombe joins Saints on first professional contract
Southampton Football Club is delighted to announce that young goalkeeper Khiani Shombe has joined the club and signed his first professional contract until 2025.
Shombe is the latest graduate of the Kinetic Academy to arrive at Saints, joining Joe Aribo and Nico Lawrence after another unique journey to achieving a professional contract.
After dropping out of Academy football, the young goalkeeper stepped into non-league football with Lewisham Borough FC and has already made over 30 senior appearances.
He arrives at Saints after a successful trial period at the end of the 2023/24 season, where he featured for the Under-18s side.
"I'm buzzing, I can't wait to get started." said Shombe, "I've been in training and I'm just ready to hit the ground running."
"The football is very different to Men's football, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it and the players are all nice so it's going good."
Academy Director Andy Goldie, added "We are really pleased to welcome Khiani from Lewisham Borough after a successful trial towards the end of last season.
"He’s another who comes from a long list of successful graduates from Kinetic Academy, so we know he's been developed with good values and standards which has been evident since he arrived at Staplewood.
"He already has over thirty senior games under his belt and will use that experience to compete with our Under-18s and Under-21s goalkeepers this season."
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