Manuel Kanté
 Kanté in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender,[1] defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Red Star | ||
| 2002–2004 | AS Beauvais | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Falkirk | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 | Pampilhosa | 21 | (0) |
| 2007 | Proodeftiki | 17 | (0) |
| 2008 | Radnik Velika Gorica | 25 | (8) |
| 2009 | Abrantes | 20 | (3) |
| 2009 | Southend United | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Varteks | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | AC St. Louis | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | FC Baulmes | 11 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Atromitos Yeroskipou | 25 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | APEP F.C. | 24 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Floridians FC | ||
| 2015–2017 | Fribourg | ||
| 2017–2020 | Vevey-Sports[1] | 42 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel Kanté (born 21 August 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.[2]
Career[edit]
Youth[edit]
Born in Paris, Kanté attended College Anatole France Drancy Accession, and was a member of the youth teams of French league sides Red Star 93 and AS Beauvais, before turning professional in 2004 with Falkirk.
Professional[edit]
Kanté began his career in Scotland, playing three games for Falkirk before moving to Portugal to play for Pampilhosa.
He subsequently played professionally in Croatia for NK Gorica[3] and NK Varteks.,[4] in Greece for Proodeftiki, in Portugal for Abrantes,[5] and had a brief stint as a triallist with Southend United in England.[6]
He signed for USSF Division 2 Professional League newcomers AC St. Louis in February 2010,[7]
In January 2011 he moved to FC Baulmes and played until the summer in the Swiss 1. Liga.
In summer 2011 he moved to Atromitos Yeroskipou where he stayed until the end of the season.[8]
In summer 2012 he signed for APEP.
In January 2015, Kanté joined Swiss side FC Fribourg from Fort Lauderdale-based club Floridians FC.[9]
International[edit]
Despite being born in France, and although he did not yet featured for any national team at any level, Kanté expressed a preference to play for the Mali national team.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Manuel Kanté at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Un guerrier nommé Kanté". www.laliberte.ch (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "16-jähriger LASK-Neuling zog alle Blicke auf sich". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Nogometni-magazin.com: Varteks: Posuđeni hajdukovac Sačer zabio već tri komada, Prahić zaboravljen!
- ^ Trenirani sportaši i klubovi – nogomet
- ^ Southend United | News | Reserve News | Reserve News | RESERVES
- ^ "AC ST. LOUIS SIGNS NINE PLAYERS". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ 2011–12 squad at Atromitos official website
- ^ Stettler, Frank (21 January 2015). "Ein Rückkehrer veredelt den SCD-Sturm". Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "LASK startete Vorbereitung in neue Saison". Die Presse (in German). 2 June 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
External links[edit]
- Manuel Kanté at WorldFootball.net
- AC St. Louis bio
- 1986 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- French men's footballers
- Malian men's footballers
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Paris
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- Cypriot Second Division players
- Red Star F.C. players
- AS Beauvais Oise players
- Southend United F.C. players
- F.C. Pampilhosa players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Proodeftiki F.C. players
- NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players
- AC St. Louis players
- Atromitos Yeroskipou players
- FC Vevey United players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- French expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States