José Kanté
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Kanté Martínez | ||
Date of birth | 27 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Sabadell, Spain | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kairat | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
PB Manresa | |||
2007–2009 | Gimnàstic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Manresa | ||
2011–2012 | Rubí | 27 | (5) |
2012–2013 | Prat | 14 | (5) |
2013 | Málaga B | 11 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Prat | 35 | (11) |
2014–2015 | AEK Larnaca | 29 | (5) |
2016 | Górnik Zabrze | 16 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Wisła Płock | 62 | (19) |
2018–2021 | Legia Warsaw | 43 | (12) |
2019 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2021– | Kairat | 12 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2016– | Guinea | 13 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:14, 1 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:36, 21 November 2019 (UTC) |
José Kanté Martínez (born 27 September 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays for Kazakh club FC Kairat and the Guinea national team as a forward.
Club career[]
Born in Sabadell, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Kanté only played lower league or amateur football in his country of birth initially,[1] representing CE Manresa, UE Rubí, AE Prat[2][3] (all in his native region) and Atlético Malagueño.[4] He scored his first goal in Segunda División B while at the service of the third club, in a 2–1 away win against CF Badalona on 11 November 2012.[5]
In June 2014, Kanté signed with Cypriot First Division side AEK Larnaca FC,[6] where he shared teams with a host of compatriots.[1] He played his first top-flight game on 31 August of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home loss to APOEL FC.
Kanté moved to the Polish Ekstraklasa in January 2016, going on to remain several years in the country with Górnik Zabrze[7] and Wisła Płock.[8] In the 2016–17 season he scored ten goals, helping to a final ninth-place finish.[9]
On 18 June 2018, Kanté signed for Legia Warsaw in the same league.[10] The following 31 January, he joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona on loan for the remainder of the campaign in Segunda División.[11]
Kanté terminated his Legia contract by mutual consent on 23 February 2021.[12] On 10 March, he moved to Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat on a deal until December 2022.[13]
International career[]
Of Guinean descent, Kanté opted to represent that nation even though he did not speak French nor any of the local dialects when he was first summoned by manager Kanfory Lappé Bangoura in November 2016.[14] He earned his first cap on the 13th, playing 25 minutes in a 1–2 home defeat against DR Congo for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[15]
Career statistics[]
International[]
- As of matches played on 17 November 2019[16]
Guinea | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 4 | 1 |
2019 | 7 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 2 |
International goals[]
- As of 17 November 2019 (Guinea score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kanté goal)[17][16]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 October 2018 | Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda | Rwanda | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 17 November 2019 | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | Namibia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Maldonado, Juan Manuel (10 August 2015). "Conociendo al Spanish Larnaca" [Meeting Spanish Larnaca] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Fontanals, Marçal (2 August 2012). "José Kanté Martínez, sisena incorporació a l'AE Prat" [José Kanté Martínez, sixth addition to AE Prat]. La Premsa del Baix (in Catalan). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "El Prat confirma el retorn de José Kanté" [Prat confirm the return of José Kanté] (in Catalan). AE Prat. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "El Atlético Malagueño se refuerza con José Kante" [Atlético Malagueño bolster with José Kante] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Un Badalona poco peligroso pierde contra el Prat" [Tame Badalona lose against Prat]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Jose Kante fitxa per l´AEK Larnaca de Xipre i Putxi marxa a l´Europa" [Jose Kante signs for AEK Larnaca of Cyprus and Putxi goes to Europa] (in Catalan). Regiò 7. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Witczyk, Łukasz (12 January 2016). "Oficjalnie: Jose Kante Martinez w Górniku Zabrze" [Official: Jose Kante Martinez to Górnik Zabrze] (in Polish). Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Jose Kante podpisał kontrakt z Wisłą Płock" [José Kante signed contract with Wisła Płock] (in Polish). Sport.onet. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Sezon 2016/17" [2016/17 season] (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Jose Kante podpisał kontrakt z Legią" [Jose Kante signed a contract with Legia] (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Kanté llega cedido del Legia de Varsovia" [Kanté arrives on loan from Legia Warsaw] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Jose Kante rozwiązał kontrakt z Legią" [Jose Kante terminated contract with Legia] (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ХОСЕ КАНТЕ МАРТИНЕС ИГРОК КАЙРАТА" [Official: José Kanté Martínez a Kairat player] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Mognouma, Lamine (10 November 2016). "Lappé-Martinez Kanté: Dialogue de sourd, langage mimique, intégration qui nécessite assez d'efforts" [Lappé-Martinez Kanté: Deaf men talking, sign language, hard-pressed integration.] (in French). Guinée Foot. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ Touré, Lamine (13 November 2016). "Russie 2018 – Guinée-RD Congo: Deuxième défaite du Syli national devant la RD Congo" [Russia 2018 – Guinea-DR Congo: Second loss for Syli national team against DR Congo.] (in French). Guinée Foot. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b José Kanté at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "J. Kanté – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links[]
- José Kanté at BDFutbol
- José Kanté at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- José Kanté at Soccerway
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Spanish sportspeople of African descent
- Spanish people of Guinean descent
- Guinean people of Spanish descent
- Sportspeople from Sabadell
- Spanish footballers
- Guinean footballers
- Footballers from Catalonia
- Association football forwards
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CE Manresa players
- UE Rubí players
- AE Prat players
- Atlético Malagueño players
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- Cypriot First Division players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- Wisła Płock players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- FC Kairat players
- Guinea international footballers
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Guinean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan