Kévin Keben
![]() Keben warming up for Toulouse in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kévin Keben Biakolo | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Bertoua, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Toulouse | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2013 | Toulouse Montaudran | ||
2013–2021 | Toulouse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Toulouse II | 19 | (1) |
2022– | Toulouse | 11 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Cameroon U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:33, 1 April 2023 (UTC) |
Kévin Keben Biakolo (born 26 January 2004) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Marcelino CF. Keben is due to undergo a medical at Championship club, Watford.
Club career
[edit]Born in Bertoua, Cameroon, Keben moved to France at the age of 2 and at 5 started playing football at Toulouse Montaudran. At the age of 10, he joined the youth academy of Toulouse and started working his way up their youth sides.[2] He was promoted to their reserves in 2021, and represented the senior side in a Coupe de France match over Aubagne. On 1 February 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Toulouse.[1] On 7 August 2022, he made his professional debut with Toulouse in a 1–1 Ligue 1 tie with OGC Nice, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute.[3]
International career
[edit]Keben played for the Cameroon U23s for a set of 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2023.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Premier contrat professionnel pour le défenseur Kévin Keben". ToulouseFC.
- ^ "À la découverte de Kévin Keben, le nouveau défenseur central professionnel du TFC". lesviolets.com.
- ^ "Toulouse 1–1 Nice, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, résultat et résumé du match (07/08/2022)". L'Équipe.
- ^ "CAN U23 : le Gabon s'offre le Cameroun !". www.afrik-foot.com. 25 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Kévin Keben at Soccerway
- Kévin Keben – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Bertoua
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Cameroon men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Toulouse FC players
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France