Wilfried Sanou
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Planète Champion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Wattens | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Tirol Innsbruck (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Sion | 26 | (10) |
| 2003–2008 | SC Freiburg | 97 | (9) |
| 2008–2011 | 1. FC Köln | 24 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Urawa Reds (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Kyoto Sanga FC | 13 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2014 | Burkina Faso | 26 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilfried Sanou (born 16 March 1984) is a retired Burkinabé footballer who played as a winger or striker.[1]
He started his career with Planète Champion in his home country before moving to Austria where he played for Wattens and Tirol Innsbruck. Following a stint at Swiss club Sion he spent many years in Germany's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga with SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln. He ended his career in Japan with Urawa Red Diamonds and Kyoto Sanga FC.
At international level, Sanou represented the Burkina Faso national team scoring 4 goals in 25 matches.
Career
Early career
Sanou was born in Bobo-Dioulasso.
Freiburg
In SC Freiburg's 2007–08 2. Bundesliga Sanou tore his cruciate ligament on matchday 8 against Erzgebirge Aue which kept him out of action for the rest of the season and limited him to 6 appearances. With his contract running out at the end of the season, Freiburg were unable to agree a contract extension with Sanou. In his time at the club, he scored 5 goals in 46 Bundesliga appearances and 4 goals in 51 2. Bundesliga appearances.[2][3]
In May 2008, 1. FC Köln, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, announced they had agreed a two-year contract Sanou who would arrive on a free transfer.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Sanou, Wilfried" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Stürmer aus Freiburg: FC verpflichtet Wilfried Sanou". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Köln schnappt sich Sanou". kicker Online (in German). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
External links
- Wilfried Sanou at National-Football-Teams.com
- Wilfried Sanou at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Soccerway
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