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Frédéric Kanouté

1977 - Today

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Frédéric Oumar Kanouté (born 2 September 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for several top-tier clubs in Europe, enjoying his greatest success with La Liga side Sevilla. Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year, the first player born outside Africa to win the award. Kanouté began his career with Lyon in France before moving to West Ham United of the Premier League in 2000. After a spell at their London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Kanouté moved to Spanish club Sevilla where he won two consecutive UEFA Cups in 2006 and 2007 in addition to various other European and domestic honours and remains the club's highest-scoring foreign player. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frédéric Kanouté is the 2,343rd most popular soccer player (down from 2,168th in 2019), the 4,128th most popular biography from France (down from 4,031st in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Frédéric Kanouté ranks 2,343 out of 21,273. Before him are Brian Steen Nielsen, Jan Heintze, Mario Yepes, Antonio Puchades, José Sasía, and Manuel Álvarez. After him are Edu Marangon, Benjamin Pavard, Geoff Bent, Eugène Parlier, Pierluigi Pizzaballa, and Asamoah Gyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Frédéric Kanouté ranks 92. Before him are Hun Manet, Tite Kubo, Sam Witwer, Dave Farrell, Sofi Oksanen, and Changpeng Zhao. After him are Takuma Sato, Giorgos Karagounis, Erika Lust, Hakan Yakin, Tom Welling, and Rob Delaney.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frédéric Kanouté ranks 4,128 out of 6,770. Before him are Valentine Hugo (1887), Michel Jazy (1936), Philippe Hériat (1898), Denis Lavant (1961), Petrus Borel (1809), and Noël Martin Joseph de Necker (1730). After him are Maurice Schumann (1911), Benjamin Pavard (1996), Stanislas Julien (1797), Marguerite Broquedis (1893), Jean-Louis Bruguès (1943), and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In France

Among soccer players born in France, Frédéric Kanouté ranks 98. Before him are François Heutte (1938), Bernard Genghini (1958), Louis Saha (1978), Vincent Candela (1973), Blaise Matuidi (1987), and Émile Veinante (1907). After him are Benjamin Pavard (1996), René Petit (1899), René Girard (1954), Alexandre Lacazette (1991), Mathieu Valbuena (1984), and Jean Petit (1949).

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