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Cheikhou Kouyaté

1989 - Today

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Cheikhou Kouyaté (born 21 December 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for the Senegal national team. He most recently played for Premier League club Nottingham Forest. Kouyaté moved from Senegal to Belgium in 2006, having been offered a youth contract at RWDM Brussels. He played ten games before moving to Anderlecht aged 19, where he made 206 appearances and won the Belgian First Division A four times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cheikhou Kouyaté is the 10,187th most popular soccer player (down from 8,460th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 64th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Senegalese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cheikhou Kouyaté ranks 10,187 out of 21,273. Before him are Mehdi Carcela, Matz Sels, Zlatan Bajramović, Rodrigo Gral, Hajime Hosogai, and Tarik Elyounoussi. After him are Panagiotis Kone, Zoltán Stieber, Ahmed Elmohamady, Arnold Wetl, Tatsuru Mukojima, and Naohiko Minobe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Cheikhou Kouyaté ranks 432. Before him are Gabriel Obertan, Romeo Miller, Stephen Adams, Tito Rabat, Bashir Abdi, and Mehdi Carcela. After him are Alexis Knapp, João Sousa, Maxime Gonalons, Alexander Büttner, Andrea Poli, and Yasemin Allen.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Cheikhou Kouyaté ranks 68 out of 138. Before him are Amy Mbacké Thiam (1976), Salif Diao (1977), Omar Daf (1977), Souleymane Diawara (1978), Rama Yade (1976), and Moussa Wagué (1998). After him are Mame Biram Diouf (1987), Oumar Niasse (1990), Souleymane Camara (1982), Ismaïla Sarr (1998), Pape Thiaw (1981), and Omar Diallo (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Senegal

Among soccer players born in Senegal, Cheikhou Kouyaté ranks 29. Before him are Ferdinand Coly (1973), Papy Djilobodji (1988), Salif Diao (1977), Omar Daf (1977), Souleymane Diawara (1978), and Moussa Wagué (1998). After him are Mame Biram Diouf (1987), Oumar Niasse (1990), Souleymane Camara (1982), Ismaïla Sarr (1998), Pape Thiaw (1981), and Omar Diallo (1972).

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