N'Golo Kante
 Current situation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Chelsea fc | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Biography | ||
| Nationality | French Malian | |
| Nat. athletic | French | |
| Birth | ||
| Location | Paris ( France ) | |
| Cut | 1.68 m (5 ′ 6 ″ ) | |
| Pro period. | 2013 - | |
| Post | Midfielder | |
| Strong foot | Law | |
| Junior course | ||
| Years | Club | |
| 2001 - 2010 | JS Suresnes | |
| 2010 - 2012 | US Boulogne | |
| Senior course | ||
| Years | Club | M. ( B. ) |
| 2012 - 2013 | US Boulogne | 40 (3) |
| 2013 - 2015 | SM Caen | 82 (6) |
| 2015 - 2016 | Leicester city | 40 (1) |
| 2016 - | Chelsea fc | 218 (11) |
| National team selections | ||
| Years | Team | M. ( B. ) |
| 2016 - | France | 45 (2) |
| Official national and international competitions. Official matches (friendlies validated by FIFA included). Last updated: May 29, 2021 | ||
N'Golo Kante born on in the 10th arrondissement of Paris , is a footballer international French who plays as a midfielder at Chelsea in the Premier League . His style of play and his personality make him one of the most popular and respected players in the world. He is also regularly praised by his teammates and coaches.
Arrived late in the professional world, he has known since a constant progression. Revealed in France at US Boulogne then at SM Caen , he then signed for Leicester City , where he won his first trophy, the English Championship , in 2016 . Summoned to the French team from , he is a finalist of Euro 2016 .
Transferred to Chelsea in 2016 , he once again won the title of champion of England in 2017 and was voted best player in the Premier League of the 2016-2017 season . He is therefore considered one of the best midfielders in the world. In 2018, he is one of the major players in the victorious journey of the France team at the World Cup in Russia, thanks to a style of play and a very efficient placement .
On May 29, 2021, he won the Champions League with Chelsea . He was elected man of the match during the two meetings against Real Madrid in the semi-finals and again in the final ahead of Manchester City, which won 1-0, and is thus one of the great architects of the title won by his team.
Biography
Youth and beginnings
N'Golo Kanté was born in Paris to immigrant parents from Mali , a country of which he also has nationality. His first name is that of Ngolo Diarra , a former slave who became king of Segou in the 18th century. He spent his childhood with a family of nine children in Rueil-Malmaison ( Hauts-de-Seine ), in the Geraniums district . His mother is a cleaning lady and his father, a garbage collector, dies when N'Golo is only 11 years old (one of his brothers also died, of a heart attack, a few weeks before the 2018 World Cup ).
He played football during his youth at Suresnes , where he regularly outclasses all age categories, without however managing to integrate the training center of a professional club. During his last season in promotion of honor (PH), he scored ten goals.
Spotted by US Boulogne , a Ligue 2 club, he signed an amateur contract there in 2010 and then played in the B team, in CFA 2 . After the relegation of the first team to the National in 2012 and the departure of several managerial players, he joined the first team and immediately imposed himself in the midfield . His performance earned him the end of the season at the top of the France Football “star rating” .
He holds a baccalaureate and a BTS Accounting.
Club career
US Boulogne (2010-2013)
N'Golo Kanté began his career with an amateur contract at US Boulogne where he initially played in team 2 in CFA 2. After the descent of team 1 in National, he joined it in order to impose itself in its sector of play.
SM Caen (2013-2015)
During his first appearance in Ligue 1 , he distinguished himself by opening the scoring against Évian Thonon Gaillard . Its remarkable performances at the start of the season make it one of the “revelations” of the championship. Despite a difficult first half of the season (he was notably excluded on August 30, 2014, after 29 minutes of play, after receiving a second yellow card , for a foul on Paul-Georges Ntep during his fourth Ligue 1 match against at Stade Rennes ), his team finally provided relatively comfortable support ( thirteenth place ).Supervised by several French and foreign professional clubs, in particular northerners and Belgians, N'Golo Kanté signs a pre-contract in then commits to for a period of three years with Stade Malherbe Caen , in Ligue 2. He immediately established himself as a centerpiece of the Caen midfielder, to the point of being named in the typical Ligue 2 team during the UNFP Trophy ceremony at the end of season.
Although he extended his contract in October until 2018 15 , the media consider that given his level of performance since his arrival in the elite, his departure for a prestigious club is very likely at the end of the 2014 season- 2015. In , Franck Silvestre claims for example his selection in the France team and predicts that he will become better than Claude Makelele. At the end of the season, he is the player with the most tackles in the five major leagues (4.8 tackles per game on average).
Leicester City (2015-2016)
Announced in the sights of the Olympique de Marseille , the Olympique Lyonnais or even West Ham , he finally entered thefor four years with Leicester City . The transfer brings in nearly 8 million euros to Stade Malherbe, which had previously refused the inferior offers made by Marseille leaders, it is, moreover, to date, the largest transfer from Stade Malherbe de Caen . The presence of the experienced Claudio Ranieri as a coach would have weighed in the decision of the player.
The English club surprised observers with its excellent results. Kanté is with strikers Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy one of the main players in these performances. The , after having participated in each of the first twelve league games, he scored his first goal in England by opening the scoring against Watford (2-1 victory). Considered the best rookie of the season in the Premier League, he and his team won, very unexpectedly, the English championship at the end of the 2015-2016 season . This is a first for the club .
Chelsea FC (since 2016)
By year's end, he was appointed French Player of 2017 by France Football, and appears to 8th rank of the Golden Ball in 2017 . The following season , Chelsea finished the championship in an average fifth place, synonymous with a qualification for the Europa League . Despite everything, he won with the Blues a new trophy, the FA Cup , after a victory in the final on against Manchester United (1-0), where his French teammate Paul Pogba plays .The , he commits to the Chelsea Blues for an amount negotiated around 38 million euros, excluding bonus. He finds a starting place in his first matches in the London club. He scored his first goal in his new colors On against Manchester United (4-0). His second goal is also scored against this club, the in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. At the end of the season, he received the title of best player in the Premier League , ahead of his teammate Eden Hazard , before winning a few days later his second consecutive title of champion of England.
The , he is cited in the Football Leaks 2 survey on the circumvention of the rules of financial fair play. After having created a company in Jersey, alerted by press articles on the risks incurred vis-à-vis the tax authorities, he changed his mind and refused to be partially paid in this tax haven, despite the insistence of Chelsea FC Under the orders of Maurizio Sarri , he won the Europa League on against Arsenal ( 4-1 ) 27 . This victory allows the club to regain the Champions League the following season .
It is one of the great architects of the accession of Chelsea in the final of the UEFA Champions 2020-2021 , including being elected man of the match of the two semifinals against the Real Madrid (in Madrid ( 1-1 ) to 'to go, then to London ( 2-0 ) on the return), after high-flying performances. On May 29, 2021, during the 2020-2021 Champions League final won by Chelsea (1-0) against Manchester City, N'Golo Kanté distinguished himself statistically in the match by being the best performing player in terms of endurance, duels won and balls recovered, which earned him the title of man of the match.
International career
The , he was summoned for the first time to the French team , by coach Didier Deschamps , for two friendly matches against Russia and the Netherlands. He honors his first selection by entering during the match against the Netherlands in Amsterdam where he wears the number 13. France wins by three goals to two that day . Holder against Russia on Day of his 25th birthday, for his second cap, he scored his first goal in blue (4-2).
The player, little known to the public at the start of the season, acquired a “late” but rapid notoriety. Despite his recent integration into the group of the France team, he is summoned to participate in Euro 2016 in France by Deschamps, and even attacks the competition as a holder. Suspended during the quarter-finals , he has not regained his starting position in the last two games. He replaces Dimitri Payet in the semi-final against Germany, but remains on the bench in the final , which France loses to Portugal after extra time (0-1).
Having become a regular holder after the Euro, he plays most of the qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup in Russia . During the competition, he starts all matches as a starter. He is the author of a high-quality tournament, during which many specialists consider him the best player in the France team. His performances are also praised by his teammates: "With him, we play 12 on the field" ( Olivier Giroud ) or, "He runs everywhere, he has fifteen lungs! Football is much easier with players like that ” ( Paul Pogba ). The President of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët : "It's a miracle to watch this boy play". During this tournament, he established two new records with 52 balls recovered from the feet of opposing players and 20 interceptions.
The journey of "NG" (pronounced èneji , his nickname among the Blues) in Russia is also at the origin of a song by journalist Thomas Thouroude and the team of So Foot magazine praising his merits, then taken up by supporters, as well as by the players themselves, especially in the gardens of the Élysée Palace the day after the victory in Moscow . To the tune of the Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin : "N'Golo Kanté, pala pala pa, N'Golo Kanté, pala pala pa, he is small, he is kind, he ate Léo Messi , soon on the Champs- Elysées, N'Golo Kanté. His teammates world champions, who still cover the song with the audience of the Stade de France during the celebrations of September 9, 2018 , however slightly modify the lyrics, ending with "But we all know he's a cheater, N'Golo Kanté ", referring humorously to their card games. N'Golo Kanté however vigorously denies it: “I'm not a cheater, I'm a competitor, that's it. People who lose like to build reputations, but I don't feel like a cheater, ”he explains.With his teammates, N'Golo Kanté finally won the World Cup on in Moscow , after the victory in the final over Croatia (4-2); However, he has not his usual performance during the match, he begins holder before giving way to the 55th minute Steven Nzonzi , due to gastroenteritis . This information is however not confirmed by Didier Deschamps , during an interview he will give in July 2019, rather evoking a general fatigue due to the sequence of matches since the start of the tournament His discretion and shyness are such that after the victory, Steven Nzonzi must take the World Cup trophy from the hands of his teammates to give it to him, so that he can pose with it on the lawn of the Luzhniki stadium in front of the photographers.
The , in the Nations League , he scored the victory goal for the French team against Portugal , at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon (1-0 for France), qualifying the Blues for the final four of the League of Nations.
Gameplay style
N'Golo Kanté is a fast, lively player, omnipresent in duels and enduring. He is known to cover the whole pitch during a game, chaining tackles, defensive pressure, interceptions and "smart fouls". In 2017, he is considered by Frank Lampard as the best midfielder in the world.
Several of his teammates, in selection or in club such as Eden Hazard, say they admire his efficiency and his determination on the field.
Placed in a more offensive position when Maurizio Sarri arrived at Chelsea, Kanté was more decisive in front of goal. He evolves in a relay environment, his role being to recover as many balls as possible, but also to project himself during the attack or counter-attack phases. Alain Caveglia , who recruited him at Stade Malherbe Caen , compared him at that time to Claude Makélélé and underlined the progress during his career as Kanté in his forward projection in the offensive phase.
Awards
In a club
- Champion of England in 2016 with Leicester City and in 2017 with Chelsea FC
- Winner of the FA Cup in 2018 with Chelsea FC
- Winner of the Europa League in 2019 with Chelsea FC
- Finalist of the Cup English League in 2019 with Chelsea FC
- European Super cup finalist in 2019 with Chelsea FC
- FA Cup finalist in 2017 , 2020 and 2021 with Chelsea FC .
- Champions League winner in 2021 with Chelsea FC
In France team
- 45 caps and 2 goals since 2016
- Winner of the World Cup in 2018
- Finalist of the European Nations Championship in 2016
Individual awards
- Voted French player of the year in 2017 by France Football
- Voted Leicester City's Best Player of the Year in 2016
- Voted best Chelsea FC player of the year by fans in 2018 54
- Elected best French player abroad in 2017 and 2018
- Voted PFA Player of the Year for the British Championship in 2017
- Voted FWA Premier League Player of the Year in 2017
- Elected Premier League player of the season in 2017
- Elected Man of the Match in the final of the Champions League in 2021
- Member of the Premier League team in 2016 and 2017
- Member of the typical FIFA / FIFA Pro World XI team in 2018
- Member of the UEFA model team in 2018
- Member of the typical team L'Équipe in 2016 , 2017 and 2018
- Member of the ESM team in 2016 and 2017
- 8 the Golden Ball in 2017
- 11 to the Golden Ball in 2018
Decoration
- Knight of the Legion of Honor . By decree of the President of the Republic dated, all the members of the French team, world champion 2018, are promoted to the rank of knight of the Legion of Honor.
