Cheikhou Kouyate

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Cheikhou Kouyate
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Cheikhou Kouyaté (2016)
Personnel
birthday December 21, 1989
place of birth Dakar ,  Senegal
size 189 cm
position Defensive midfield central
defender
Juniors
Years station
1996-2006 ASC Yego Dakar
2006-2007 FC Brussels
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2008 FC Brussels 10 0(0)
2008-2014 RSC Anderlecht 143 0(4)
2008-2009 →  KV Kortrijk  (loan) 26 0(3)
2014-2018 West Ham United 129 (12)
2018– Crystal Palace 49 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2012– Senegal 62 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 29, 2019

2 As of December 20, 2019

Cheikhou Kouyaté (born December 21, 1989 in Dakar ) is a Senegalese football player. The defensive player is under contract with Crystal Palace .

Club career

Kouyaté came to Belgium from Senegal in 2006 and got a young player contract with FC Brussels . He then moved to RSC Anderlecht in 2008 , for whom he scored four goals in 143 league games until 2014 and was Belgian champion four times. He had initially spent the 2008/09 season on loan from KV Kortrijk .

In the summer of 2014, Sam Allardyce brought him to West Ham United's Premier League . He has been a regular here ever since and has played over 30 league games each season. He was eliminated with the team in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 qualifying rounds and playoffs for the UEFA Europa League . His contract ran until 2021.

At the beginning of August 2018 he joined Crystal Palace on a four-year contract .

National team

In February 2012, Kouyaté was drafted into the Senegalese senior team . His first major tournament was the 2015 Africa Cup in Equatorial Guinea , where Senegal was eliminated from the group with four points. Two years later, at the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon , he was again a regular in the Senegalese squad , this time as team captain . He won Group B with his team and was eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinals against Cameroon 4-5 on penalties. At the 2018 World Cup , he played all three group games until the team was eliminated.

At the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 , Kouyaté was part of the Senegalese squad.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cheik's in for five more years! | West Ham United. Accessed July 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Kouyate Signs For Palace . ( cpfc.co.uk [accessed August 2, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Cheikhou Kouyate departs | West Ham United. Retrieved August 2, 2018 .
  4. ↑ 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia ™ - Players - Cheikhou KOUYATE - Cheikhou Kouyaté. In: FIFA.com. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Senegal | Squad | Africa Cup 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Kouyate, Cheikhou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senegalese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Dakar , Senegal