Cédric Kanté

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Cédric Kanté
Edge in Panathinaikos.jpg
Kanté in the dress of Panathinaikos (2011)
Personnel
Surname Cédric Kanté
birthday July 6, 1979
place of birth Strasbourg ,  France
size 182 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
1996-1999 Racing Strasbourg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2001 Racing Strasbourg 7 (0)
2001-2002 FC Istres 16 (0)
2002-2003 ASOA Valence 32 (0)
2003-2006 Racing Strasbourg 91 (3)
2006-2009 OGC Nice 97 (2)
2009–2012 Panathinaikos Athens 67 (1)
2012-2014 FC Sochaux 49 (1)
2014-2015 AC Ajaccio 27 (0)
2015-2017 AS Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2001–2012 Mali 41 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Cédric Kanté (born July 6, 1979 in Strasbourg ) is a former Malian football player with a French passport.

Career

Kanté began his career in 1996 with Racing Strasbourg , where he was brought to the first team in 1999. In the first season with the club they finished ninth in the league. In the second season they were 18th and were relegated from the top French division, but they could win the cup with a win on penalties against SC Amiens . In 2001 he moved to FC Istres . There the Malian was at the end of the season with the men of Istres 17th in the table of the second division. This was followed by another change and Kanté moved to ASOA Valence . When he was promoted to Ligue 2 , he immediately became a regular and was able to recommend himself for a return to Racing Strasbourg. This return followed after 13th place in 2003. After 13th and 11th places, 2006 was relegated from Ligue 1 , with the French league cup being won in 2004/05, which brought racing into the UEFA Cup . After the second relegation, he turned his back on Strasbourg and went to OGC Nice . His further path began with a 16th place in Nice , followed by an eighth and ninth place in 2007/08 and 2008/09.

In 2009 the defender signed with the Greek first division club Panathinaikos Athens . After returning to France in 2012, he first played for FC Sochaux in Ligue 1. At the end of the 2013/14 season he was relegated to Ligue 2 with the team, but Kanté signed a contract before the start of the new second division season AC Ajaccio . In 2015 Kanté moved to the amateur club ASPV Strasbourg.

Kanté took part in the Africa Cup of 2008 in Ghana for Mali. There he was used in all three group games, but one was in the group behind Ivory Coast and Nigeria only third and could not qualify for the knockout phase. At the 2012 African Cup of Nations, Kanté led Mali as captain to the bronze medal.

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personal data
SURNAME Kanté, Cédric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION malian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg