Frederic Kanouté Biography
Career
Kanouté's talents as a lanky striker were first noticed by his local team, Olympique Lyonnais, and he joined them as an apprentice in 1997. He made his debut in the Intertoto Cup (match with Odra Wodzisław). He played for the France national under-21 football team while at the club.
Kanouté joined England club West Ham United F.C. in 2000. He went on to play 84 times for the East London, England club, scoring 29 goals. His speed and awareness attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur F.C. who bought him at the end of the 2002-03 in English football season.
Although eligible for either, Kanouté elected to play for Mali national football team rather than for France national football team. Kanouté was joint top goal scorer for Mali national football team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Kanouté scored 4 goals in 4 matches helping Mali national football team to the Semifinals where they lost to Morocco national football team.
Kanouté enjoyed mixed success at Tottenham, where he scored on his debut with an acrobatic volley, with occasional flashes of brilliance marked by apparent pique when he preferred the African Cup of Nations over the FA Premier League and went AWOL from Tottenham's 2005 summer tour to Mauritius.
Kanouté was sold to Sevilla on 17 August 2005 for €6.5m. He was a second half substitute for the club in the UEFA Cup Final against Middlesbrough F.C. and scored in the 89th minute. Sevilla won 4-0.
Kanouté's first games for Sevilla against Tottenham Hotspur led to his scoring a (somewhat controversial) penalty at the Sánchez Pizjuán in a game marred by crowd trouble, and an excellent goal at White Hart Lane, leaving the final aggregate score 4-3 to Sevilla.
The 2006/2007 season has proved his most productive and has earned him much praise for the prominent role he has played in leading Sevilla's surprising charge on three fronts. Challenging for the Copa del Rey 2006/2007, where they played Getafe FC in the final, as well as the Uefa Cup and the La Liga have moved him into relatively unchartered territory as he had not experienced such a combination of success and influence in the past. The previous year's Uefa Cup had featured just a cameo appearance for him in a comfortable victory, although he grabbed a late goal. Nonetheless, he secured his first honour of the season on the 16 May with Sevilla's victory over Espanyol on penalties, after a 2-2 draw aet. Kanouté had seemingly retained the title for Sevilla with his extra-time goal (his 4th of the tournament) to make it 2-1 but a late equalizer prompted penalties. Kanouté scored the first in a 3-1 penalty triumph.
Sevilla's title challenge ultimately unravelled and Real Madrid C.F. took the title, with Kanouté's side in third.
In October 2007, Kanouté, along with Mali international teammate Mamady Sidibe, were attacked by irate Togolese fans after they knocked Togo national football team out of the African Cup of Nations qualifier..
Kanouté joined England club West Ham United F.C. in 2000. He went on to play 84 times for the East London, England club, scoring 29 goals. His speed and awareness attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur F.C. who bought him at the end of the 2002-03 in English football season.
Although eligible for either, Kanouté elected to play for Mali national football team rather than for France national football team. Kanouté was joint top goal scorer for Mali national football team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Kanouté scored 4 goals in 4 matches helping Mali national football team to the Semifinals where they lost to Morocco national football team.
Kanouté enjoyed mixed success at Tottenham, where he scored on his debut with an acrobatic volley, with occasional flashes of brilliance marked by apparent pique when he preferred the African Cup of Nations over the FA Premier League and went AWOL from Tottenham's 2005 summer tour to Mauritius.
Kanouté was sold to Sevilla on 17 August 2005 for €6.5m. He was a second half substitute for the club in the UEFA Cup Final against Middlesbrough F.C. and scored in the 89th minute. Sevilla won 4-0.
Kanouté's first games for Sevilla against Tottenham Hotspur led to his scoring a (somewhat controversial) penalty at the Sánchez Pizjuán in a game marred by crowd trouble, and an excellent goal at White Hart Lane, leaving the final aggregate score 4-3 to Sevilla.
The 2006/2007 season has proved his most productive and has earned him much praise for the prominent role he has played in leading Sevilla's surprising charge on three fronts. Challenging for the Copa del Rey 2006/2007, where they played Getafe FC in the final, as well as the Uefa Cup and the La Liga have moved him into relatively unchartered territory as he had not experienced such a combination of success and influence in the past. The previous year's Uefa Cup had featured just a cameo appearance for him in a comfortable victory, although he grabbed a late goal. Nonetheless, he secured his first honour of the season on the 16 May with Sevilla's victory over Espanyol on penalties, after a 2-2 draw aet. Kanouté had seemingly retained the title for Sevilla with his extra-time goal (his 4th of the tournament) to make it 2-1 but a late equalizer prompted penalties. Kanouté scored the first in a 3-1 penalty triumph.
Sevilla's title challenge ultimately unravelled and Real Madrid C.F. took the title, with Kanouté's side in third.
In October 2007, Kanouté, along with Mali international teammate Mamady Sidibe, were attacked by irate Togolese fans after they knocked Togo national football team out of the African Cup of Nations qualifier..
Personal
Frédéric Kanouté has been practising Islam since he was around the age of 20. This meant that his current club in the 2006/07 La Liga season, Sevilla FC, had to give him a brand-free jersey every match, because of the club's sponsor—888.com, an internet gambling site—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. Frédéric Kanouté has splashed out more than US$700,000 to buy his own mosque in Spain. The privately owned mosque was due to be sold after a contract to use the premises by the local Muslim population had expired. The Islamic Community of Spain confirmed that a last-minute appeal was made to Kanouté after the mosque had been put up for sale.
In 2006, he has launched an appeal to establish a 'Children’s Village' in Mali.Kanoute is married to Fatima and they have two small kids, Ibrahim and Iman.
In 2006, he has launched an appeal to establish a 'Children’s Village' in Mali.Kanoute is married to Fatima and they have two small kids, Ibrahim and Iman.
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