Fatou_Kanteh
Fatou Kanteh
Gambian footballer (born 1997)
Fatoumata Kanteh (born 8 May 1997), known as Fatou Kanteh or simply Fatou, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a forward for Liga F club Villarreal CF. Born in Spain to a Gambian father and a Senegalese mother, she represents the Gambia women's national team and the unaffiliated Catalonia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fatoumata Kanteh | ||
| Birth name | Fatoumata Kanteh i Cham[lower-alpha 1][1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 26)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Banyoles, Spain[3] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder,[3] forward[2][5] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Villarreal | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Porqueres | ||
| 2018–2019 | Logroño B | ||
| 2018–2019 | Logroño | 17 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Sporting Huelva | 80 | (9) |
| 2022– | Villarreal | 17 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Gambia | 1 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 29 January 2023 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2022 | |||
Kanteh has played for UE Porqueres, EdF Logroño and Sporting Huelva in Spain. She appeared in the professional 2021–22 Primera División for the latter.[1]
Born in Spain, Kanteh is of Gambian and Senegalese descent.[6] On 25 October 2021, she made her senior debut for Gambia. On 9 February 2022, she was called up by Gambia for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (second round).[7]
- In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Kanteh and the second or maternal family name is Cham; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
- "Primera Iberdrola – Sporting de Huelva 0 - 3 At. Madrid". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- "Fatou". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- "Plantilla 21/22". Sporting de Huelva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- "FATOUMATA KANTEH CHAM". Sporting de Huelva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- Fatou Kanteh at BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- "Gambia Women's National Team Coach Upbeat Ahead of Cameroon Encounter". Gambia Football Federation. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- Fatou Kanteh on Instagram
- "FATOU: Fatoumata Kanteh Cham". Txapeldunak (in Spanish).
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