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Aboubakary Kanté
Kanté playing for Béziers in 2019
Personal information
Full name Aboubakary Kanté
Date of birth (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fuenlabrada
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)
2016-2016 → 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 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:41, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Aboubakary Kanté (born 11 August 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club CF Fuenlabrada.

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]

Personal life

Kanté was born in France and is of Gambian descent.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2019[9]
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
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 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. ^ Aboubakary Kanté at Soccerway
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