Nigeria Kanu, N

Nwankwo Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu©Ben Hardinge
Born:01-Aug-76 Age: 48
Height:1.97
Fav.foot: Right

Position: Striker
Attacking midfielder
Portsmouth Nigeria



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Nwankwo Kanu () (born 1 August 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian club Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, and English clubs Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth. He is widely considered one of the greatest African footballers of all time. A member of the Arsenal 'Invincibles', he was named by the club as one of its greatest ever players. He is one of the few Africans to win the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and an Olympic gold medal. Kanu won a FIFA U-17 World Cup medal, a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, a UEFA Super Cup, an Intercontinental Cup, 3 Eredivisie titles, three FA Cup medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic gold medal. He made the third-most substitute appearances in Premier League history, appearing from the bench 118 times, and is regarded as one of the best players in African football history. He is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and African brand ambassador for digital TV operator StarTimes. He is also the owner of Kanu Sports TV, an Internet sports television company. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article



NL Ajax Amsterdam93/96
    uefaChampions 94/951
    uefaChampions 95/969
IT Inter Milan96/99
#29 Serie A 98/991
England Arsenal99/04
#25 EPL 98/9912
#25 EPL 99/0031
#25     uefaChampions 6
#25 EPL 00/0127
#25     uefaChampions 14
#25 EPL 01/02 23
#25     uefaChampions 9
#25 EPL 02/0316
#25     uefaChampions 8
#25 EPL 03/04 10
#25     FA Cup 2
#25     uefaChampions 7
England West Bromwich Albion04/06
#25 EPL 04/0528
#25 EPL 05/0625
England Portsmouth06/10
#27 EPL 06/0736
#27     FA Cup 1
#27 EPL 07/0825
#27     League Cup 1
#27     FA Cup 4
#27 EPL 08/0917
#27     League Cup 1
#27     uefaUEFA Cup 5
#27 EPL 09/1023
#27     League Cup 4
#27     FA Cup 1
Unattached10
England Portsmouth10/12
#27 Championship 10/1132
#27     League Cup 1
#27     FA Cup 1
#27 Championship 11/1210
#27     League Cup 1
RetiredJul12

NG Nigeria
#4 World Cup 98 3
#4 World Cup 02 2
#4     Friendlies 08 1
#4     Africa Cup 08 1
#4     Friendlies 09 1
#4 World Cup 10 1
#4     Qualif WC 10 0
#4     Africa Cup 10 2


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