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Frédéric Kanouté

Legend SS, also ST, CAM Right-footed finishercreator
Rating
88
Caps
39
Goals
23
Life
1977
Clubs
West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Sevilla
#3
Editorial rank of 33 for Mali
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Extra time at Hampden Park on 16 May 2007: his 105th-minute goal put Sevilla ahead of Espanyol in the UEFA Cup final, and after the equaliser he scored in the shootout. Sevilla had won the same trophy in 2006, and his 136 goals stand as their foreign record; he scored 23 in 38 for Mali, shared the 2004 Cup of Nations golden boot, and 2007 made him the first African Footballer of the Year born outside the continent. Career record: 39 caps and 23 goals for Mali; club career at West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Sevilla.

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Career record

1997–2000Olympique Lyonnais
2000–2003West Ham United
2003–2005Tottenham Hotspur
2005–2012Sevilla
2012–2013Beijing Guoan
Mali39 caps, 23 goals

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Around Kanouté in the almanac

One rank above: Seydou Keita at #2.

One rank below: Mahamadou Diarra at #4.

Mali's editorial top five: Salif Keita · Seydou Keita · Frédéric Kanouté · Mahamadou Diarra · Mohamed Sissoko.