Manuel Kanté

Manuel Kanté (born 21 August 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.

Manuel Kanté
Kanté in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender,[1] defensive midfielder[2]
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

Career

Youth

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

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

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
  1. Manuel Kanté at WorldFootball.net
  2. Manuel Kanté at FootballDatabase.eu
  3. "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.
  4. Nogometni-magazin.com: Varteks: Posuđeni hajdukovac Sačer zabio već tri komada, Prahić zaboravljen!
  5. Trenirani sportaši i klubovi – nogomet
  6. Southend United | News | Reserve News | Reserve News | RESERVES
  7. "AC ST. LOUIS SIGNS NINE PLAYERS". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. 2011–12 squad at Atromitos official website
  9. Stettler, Frank (21 January 2015). "Ein Rückkehrer veredelt den SCD-Sturm". Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  10. "LASK startete Vorbereitung in neue Saison". Die Presse (in German). 2 June 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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