Aboubakary Kanté

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Aboubakary Kanté
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Kanté playing for Béziers in 2019
Personal information
Full name Aboubakary Kanté
Date of birth (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Fuenlabrada
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2012 Red Star
2012–2013 Racing
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Paris FC II 34 (17)
2013–2016 Paris FC 10 (1)
2016 → CA Bastia (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 12 (6)
2017–2019 Béziers 55 (17)
2019–2020 Cercle Brugge 3 (0)
2019–2020 → Le Mans (loan) 18 (4)
2020– Fuenlabrada 36 (4)
National team‡
2021– Gambia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Aboubakary Kanté (born 11 August 1994) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club CF Fuenlabrada. Born in France, he represents the Gambia national team.

Club career[]

Aboubakar began playing football at the age of 6, and played for various clubs in Paris. He joined Paris FC in 2013.[1] He joined Béziers in 2017 after a couple of seasons in the lower divisions of France, and helped them get promoted into the Ligue 2.[2]

Kanté made his professional debut in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over AS Nancy on 27 July 2018.[3] On 5 June 2019, Kanté joined Belgian club Cercle Brugge on a three-year contract.[4] However, in the beginning of September 2019, after having only played about 65 minutes in three games, he was loaned out to Le Mans FC, according to him because he didn't felt like the club trusted him.[5][6]

On 23 August 2020, Kanté agreed to a three-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side CF Fuenlabrada.[7]

International career[]

Kanté was born in France and is of Gambian descent.[8] He debuted for the Gambia in a 1–0 friendly win over Togo on 8 June 2021.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 17 May 2019[10]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paris 2013–14 Championnat National 5 1 0 0 — — 5 1
2014–15 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Total 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Paris II 2013–14 CFA 2 21 11 — 21 11
2014–15 11 6 — 11 6
2015–16 2 0 — 2 0
Total 34 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 17
CA Bastia (loan) 2015–16 Championnat National 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2016–17 CFA 2 12 6 0 0 — — 12 6
Béziers 2017–18 Championnat National 21 7 0 0 — — 21 7
2018–19 Ligue 2 34 10 1 1 0 0 — 35 11
Total 55 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 56 18
Career total 116 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 117 42

References[]

  1. ^ "Aboubakary Kante la gachette du Racing". Le Parisien. 11 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Aboubakary Kanté (Béziers) : "Je reviens de très très loin" - Le site du football de votre département". 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - AS Nancy Lorraine / AS Beziers". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ^ ABOUBAKARY KANTÉ VOOR 3 SEIZOENEN NAAR CERCLE BRUGGE, cerclebrugge.be, 5 June 2019
  5. ^ ABOUBAKARY KANTE UITGELEEND AAN LE MANS FC, cerclebrugge.be, 2 September 2019
  6. ^ Le Mans FC. Aboubakary Kanté : "Je sentais qu'à Bruges, on ne me faisait pas confiance" , ouest-france.fr, 3 September 2019
  7. ^ "Abou Kanté, nuevo jugador del Fuenla" [Abou Kanté, new player of Fuenla] (in Spanish). CF Fuenlabrada. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ^ Monti, Charles. "National : Aboubakary Kante (Paris FC) au CAB".
  9. ^ "Match Report of Gambia vs Togo - 2021-06-08 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
  10. ^ Aboubakary Kanté at Soccerway

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