Ousmane Kanté

Ousmane Kanté
	Kanté with Paris FC in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	21 September 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Pau
Number	19
Youth career
1995–2014	Créteil
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2015	Créteil
2015–2016	Aubervilliers
2016–2017	Lusitanos
2017–2018	Béziers
2018–2023	Paris FC
2023	Paris FC II
2023–	Pau
International career‡
2019–	Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2022

Ousmane Kanté (born 21 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Pau. Born in France, he plays for Guinea national team.

Early life

Kanté was born in Paris, to Guinean parents.^[2] He holds French and Guinean nationalities.^[3]^[4]

Club career

Kanté began playing football at the age of 6 and joined the youth academy of US Créteil-Lusitanos. He spent his early career in the lower divisions of France.^[5] On 15 June 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Paris FC after playing a key role in promoting Béziers into the Ligue 2 in the 2017-18 season.^[6] He made his professional debut for Paris FC in a 1–1 Ligue 2 tie with Gazélec Ajaccio on 27 July 2018.^[7]

International career

Kanté debuted for the Guinea national team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Comoros on 12 October 2019.^[8]

References

^ "Ousmane Kanté". Paris FC. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Diallo, Tanou (18 August 2018). "Football : Ousmane Kanté (Paris FC), vient renforcer le Syli national". Guinéenews© (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Ousmane KANTE". unfp.org (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Foot: Binational, Ousmane Kanté fait du Syli national son objectif de la saison". 3 June 2018.
^ "Ousmane Kanté (Paris FC) : "Je reviens de loin" - Le site du football de votre département". 20 June 2018.
^ Bri, Kévin (15 June 2018). "Ousmane Kanté nouveau défenseur parisien". Paris FC.
^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - Gazélec FC Ajaccio / Paris FC". www.lfp.fr.
^ "Guinea vs. Comoros Islands – Football Match Summary – October 12, 2019 – ESPN". ESPN.com.

External links

Ousmane Kanté at Soccerway
Ousmane Kanté – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Ousmane Kanté at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Foot-National Profile

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