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Fatou Kanteh
Personal information
Full name	Fatoumata Kanteh
Birth name	Fatoumata Kanteh i Cham
Date of birth	2 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Banyoles, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2017	Porqueres
2018–2019	Logroño B
2018–2019	Logroño
2019–2022	Sporting Huelva
2022–2024	Villarreal
2024–	Sevilla
International career‡
2021–	Gambia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2022

Fatoumata Kanteh (born 8 May 1997), also known as Fatou, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Sevilla. Born in Spain, she represents The Gambia at international level. She also plays for the unaffiliated Catalonia national team.

Club career

Kanteh has played for UE Porqueres, EdF Logroño and Sporting Huelva in Spain. She appeared in the professional 2021–22 Primera División for the latter.^[1]

Born in Spain, Kanteh is of Gambian and Senegalese descent.^[6] On 25 October 2021, she made her senior debut for Gambia. On 9 February 2022, she was called up by Gambia for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (second round).^[7]

^ In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Kanteh and the second or maternal family name is Cham; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

^ ^a ^b "Primera Iberdrola – Sporting de Huelva 0 - 3 At. Madrid". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Fatou". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Plantilla 21/22". Sporting de Huelva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "FATOUMATA KANTEH CHAM". Sporting de Huelva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Fatou Kanteh". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ "Kanteh y Gambia: del esperpéntico debut al proyecto solidario que le une con sus raíces". 28 December 2021.
^ "Gambia Women's National Team Coach Upbeat Ahead of Cameroon Encounter". Gambia Football Federation. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.