Frédéric Kanouté

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Frédéric Kanouté
Personal information
Date of birth	September 2, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nickname	Fredi
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sevilla
Number	12
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 2000–03 2003–05 2005–present	Lyon West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur Sevilla	40 (9) 84 (29) 60 (14) 58 (25)
National team2
2004–present	Mali	6 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:27, 18 march 2007(UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 3 September 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Frédéric "Fredi" Kanouté (born September 2, 1977 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, near Lyon) is a French born Malian footballer, who plays for Sevilla in the Spanish league.

Kanouté's talents as a tall striker were first noticed by his local team, Olympique Lyonnais, and he joined them as an apprentice in 1997. He played for the French under-21 team while at the club.^[1]

Kanouté joined English club West Ham United in 2000. He went on to play 56 times for the East London club, scoring 14 goals. His speed and awareness attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur who bought him at the end of the 2002-03 season.

Although eligible for either, Kanouté elected to play for Mali rather than for France. Kanouté was joint top goal scorer for Mali at the 2004 African Nations Cup. Kanouté scored 4 goals in 4 matches helping Mali to the Semifinals where they lost to Morocco.

Kanouté enjoyed mixed success at Tottenham with occasional flashes of brilliance marked by apparent pique when he preferred the African Nations Cup over the Premiership and went AWOL from Tottenham's 2005 summer tour to Mauritius.

Kanouté was sold to Sevilla on 17 August 2005 for £4.4m. He was a second half substitute for the club in the UEFA Cup Final against Middlesbrough and scored in the 89th minute. Sevilla won 4-0.

Frédéric Kanouté has been a practicing Muslim from around the age of 20. This meant that his current club, Sevilla, had to give him a brand-free jersey every match, because 888.com is Sevilla's sponsor in the 2006/07 La Liga championships, and gambling is against the principles of Islam. The company, however, agreed to give some money to an Islamic charity in return for Kanouté wearing the sponsored kit.

In 2006, he has launched an appeal to establish a 'Children’s Village' in Mali^[2].

[edit] Sevilla FC career

(correct as of March 1, 2007)

Club	Season	League			Cup[3]		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sevilla	2005-06	32	6	4	2	2	11	6	47	14
	2006-07	23	18	4	3	2	5	2	31	22
	All	55	24	8	5	4	16	8	78	36

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Frédéric Kanouté career stats at Soccerbase
• Kanoute interview, Show Racism the Red Card campaign.
• FootballDatabase provides Frédéric Kanouté's profile and stats
• Real Madrid keen on Sevilla ace Kanoute

Sevilla FC - Current Squad
1 Palop | 2 Javi Navarro | 3 David | 4 Daniel Alves | 5 Duda | 6 Adriano | 7 Chevantón | 8 Poulsen | 9 Kerzhakov | 10 Luís Fabiano | 11 Renato | 12 Kanouté | 13 Cobeño | 14 Escudé | 15 Navas | 16 Puerta | 18 Martí | 19 Dragutinović | 20 Aitor Ocio | 22 Fernando Sales | 24 Hinkel | 25 Maresca | 27 Alfaro | 32 Fazio | Coach: Juande Ramos