Sadio Kanouté
Malian footballer (born 1996)
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Sadio Kanouté (born 21 October 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Tanzanian Premier League club Azam.
Full name
Sadio Kanouté
Date of birth
21 October 1996
Place of birth
Bamako, Mali
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sadio Kanouté | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2021 | Stade Malien | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Al-Ahly Benghazi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Simba | 39+ | (4+) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | JS Kabylie | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Azam | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Mali A' | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:12, 3 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:15, 24 March 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Career
In July 2024, Kanouté signed a two-year contract, with JS Kabylie.[1] In February 2025, he was released by JSK.
International career
Kanouté made his debut, with the Mali national team, in a 0–0 2020 African Nations Championship qualification tie, against Mauritania, on 21 September 2019.[2]
Honours
Club
Stade Malien
- Malian Première Division: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Malian Cup: 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021
- Malian Super Cup: 2014, 2015
- Malian Super Cup runner-up: 2013, 2016
Simba
- Tanzanian Super Cup: 2023
- Mapinduzi Cup: 2022
- Muungano Cup: 2024
- Tanzanian Super Cup runner-up: 2021
International
Mali A'
- African Nations Championship runner-up: 2020
Individual
- African Nations Championship team of the tournament: 2020
- Top scorer in African Football League: 2023 (2 goals)
