Ibrahim Kanaté
Malian association football player (born 2006)
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Ibrahim Kanaté (born 23 October 2006) is a Malian professional footballer who plays for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and its reserve team RSCA Futures.[1]
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| Date of birth | 23 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2023 | ASEC Mimosas | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Afrique Football Élite | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | RSCA Futures | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Anderlecht | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mali U17 | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Mali U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:13, 14 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
He trained at ASEC Mimosas before joining Afrique Football Élite of the Malian Première Division for whom he featured in 2023.[2] With AFE he reached the final of the 2024 Malian Cup.[3]
He signed for Anderlecht in January 2025 for a reported €1.8 million, to link up initially with the RSCA Futures.[4][5][6]
Kanaté made his first appearance for Anderlecht's senior team on 18 May 2025 in a game against Club Brugge.[7] On 23 November 2025, he scored his first goal for Anderlecht, an added-time winner in a 1–0 victory over RAAL La Louvière, after coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute.[8]
International career
Kanaté featured for the Mali national under-17 football team which finished in third place at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he scored two goals in seven matches.[9] He also played as Mali U17 reached the semi-finals of the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RSCA Futures | 2024–25 | Challenger Pro League | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26 | Challenger Pro League | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Anderlecht | 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |
| Career total | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | ||
- Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League