Aboubakary Kanté

Aboubakary Kanté (born 11 August 1994), nicknamed Booba, is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Le Mans on loan from Cercle Brugge.

Aboubakary Kanté
Kanté in 2019.
Personal information
Full name Aboubakary Kanté
Date of birth (1994-08-11) 11 August 1994
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Le Mans
(on loan from Cercle Brugge)
Number 23
Youth career
2011–2012 Red Star
2012–2013 Racing
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Paris FC 10 (1)
2013–2016 → Paris FC II 34 (17)
2016-2016 → CA Bastia (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 AS Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 12 (6)
2017–2019 Béziers 55 (17)
2019– Cercle Brugge 3 (0)
2019–2020 → Le Mans (loan) 19 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:41, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Aboubakar began playing football at the age of 6, and played for various clubs in Paris. He joined Paris FC in 2013.[1] He joined Béziers in 2017 after a couple of seasons in the lower divisions of France, and helped them get promoted into the Ligue 2.[2]

Kanté made his professional debut in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over AS Nancy on 27 July 2018.[3] On 5 June 2019, Kanté joined Belgian club Cercle Brugge on a three-year contract.[4] However, in the beginning of September 2019, after having only played about 65 minutes in three games, he was loaned out to Le Mans FC, according to him because he didn't felt like the club trusted him.[5][6]

Personal life

Kanté was born in France and is of Gambian descent.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 17 May 2019[8]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris 2013–14 Championnat National 5100——51
2014–15 5000——50
Total 101000000101
Paris II 2013–14 CFA 2 2111—2111
2014–15 116—116
2015–16 20—20
Total 34170000003417
CA Bastia (loan) 2015–16 Championnat National 5000——50
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 2016–17 CFA 2 12600——126
Béziers 2017–18 Championnat National 21700——217
2018–19 Ligue 2 34101100—3511
Total 55171100005618
Career total 1164111000011742
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References
  1. "Aboubakary Kante la gachette du Racing". Le Parisien. 11 March 2013.
  2. "Aboubakary Kanté (Béziers) : "Je reviens de très très loin" - Le site du football de votre département". 22 May 2018.
  3. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - AS Nancy Lorraine / AS Beziers". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ABOUBAKARY KANTÉ VOOR 3 SEIZOENEN NAAR CERCLE BRUGGE, cerclebrugge.be, 5 June 2019
  5. ABOUBAKARY KANTE UITGELEEND AAN LE MANS FC, cerclebrugge.be, 2 September 2019
  6. Le Mans FC. Aboubakary Kanté : "Je sentais qu'à Bruges, on ne me faisait pas confiance" , ouest-france.fr, 3 September 2019
  7. Monti, Charles. "National : Aboubakary Kante (Paris FC) au CAB".
  8. Aboubakary Kanté at Soccerway


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