Franck Kanouté

Franck Kanouté
Personal information
Full name Elimane Franck Kanouté
Date of birth (1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bignona, Senegal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 8
Youth career
2015–2017 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Pescara 17 (0)
2018 → Ascoli (loan) 14 (0)
2019–2020 → Cosenza (loan) 18 (0)
2020–2023 Cercle Brugge 22 (2)
2022–2023 → Sochaux (loan) 30 (1)
2023–2024 Partizan 18 (1)
International career‡
2020– Senegal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2022

Elimane Franck Kanouté (born 13 December 1998) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian club Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga.

Club career

Kanouté made his Serie B debut for Pescara on 8 September 2017 in a game against Frosinone.[1] On 1 August 2019, he joined Cosenza on loan until 30 June 2020.[2]

On 1 September 2020, Kanouté joined Cercle Brugge. He signed a contract until 2024.[3] Kanouté scored his first goal for the club on 17 October in a 5–2 win over Gent after an assist from Kylian Hazard.[4]

On 14 July 2022, Kanouté moved to Sochaux in France on loan.[5]

On 19 June 2023, Kanouté signed for Partizan.[6] He became the second Senegalese player to sign for the club after Lamine Diarra.

International career

Kanouté debuted for the Senegal national team in a 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Guinea Bissau on 15 November 2020.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 8 September 2017.
  2. ^ "UFFICIALE: Cosenza, arriva Kanouté in prestito dal Pescara". Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "WELKOM FRANCK KANOUTÉ!" (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "CERCLE BRUGGE VS. GENT 5 - 2". Soccerway. 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "FRANCK KANOUTÉ PRÊTÉ AU FCSM" (in French). Sochaux. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Umesto Fejse i Traorea prvi novi stranac u Humskoj – Kanute potpisao za Partizan | MozzartSport". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Guinée-Bissau – Sénégal : Le onze des Lions avec Franck Kanouté et Boulaye Dia | seneweb.com". Sport. 15 November 2020.


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