N'Golo Kanté
 Kanté after training with Caen in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 March 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JS Suresnes | |||
| Boulogne | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2013 | Boulogne | 38 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Caen | 75 | (4) |
| 2015– | Leicester City | 26 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:16, 15 February 2016 (UTC). | |||
N'Golo Kanté (born 29 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays for English Premier League side Leicester City, as a central midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Kanté is a youth product of US Boulogne. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 18 May 2012 in a 1–2 home defeat to A.S. Monaco.[2] During the 2012–13 season, he played with Boulogne in the Championnat National, the third tier in French football. In 2013 he joined Ligue 2 side SM Caen and went on to play 38 games during the 2013–14 campaign. Caen finished third in Ligue 2, which earned them promotion to Ligue 1.
Leicester City
On 3 August 2015, Kanté joined Premier League side Leicester City on a four-year contract, for an undisclosed fee reported to be €8 million (£5.6 million)[3][4] He scored his first Premier League goal against Watford in a 2–1 win at the King Power Stadium on 7 November 2015.[5] He has earned much praise and many plaudits for his consistently impressive displays for Leicester City, and is widely considered to be a main factor in the club's excellent form in the 2015–16 season, consistently making a high number of tackles and interceptions.[6][7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| US Boulogne | 2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
| SM Caen | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
| Total | 75 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 6 | ||
| Leicester City | 2015–16 | Premier League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Career total | 139 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 151 | 11 | ||
References
- 1 2 "Premier League Player Profile N'Golo Kanté". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "US Boulogne vs. Monaco - 18 May 2012 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ↑ "Leicester City: N'Golo Kante signs from Caen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ "Leicester sign N'Golo Kante from Caen but Charles Aranguiz not keen". ESPN FC. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ "Leicester City: Leicester beat Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jamie Carragher: Leicester's N'Golo Kante has impressed me more than Arsenal's Petr Cech". Daily Express. 1 January 2016.
- ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (23 January 2016). "Leicester 3-0 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "N. KANTÉ". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "N'Golo Kante". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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