Joe Souleymane Dit Guyan Kanté (born 5 January 1982) is an Ivorian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a goalkeeper for SOA.

Career

Kanté began his career in the

Académie de Sol Beni ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club compet ...

, before he was called up for

ASEC Mimosas ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 194 ...

first squad and played with his team in the 2004 MTN Champions League. He left ASEC in January 2007 and moved to league side club Issia Wazi. For the 2009 season, Kanté joined the

AS Denguélé The Association Sportive Denguélé is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian football (soccer), football club based in Odienné. Being a member of the Ivorian Football Federation Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division, Premiere Division since 2003, their best re ...

. In 2010, Kanté will be playing for SOA.

International career

He was a member of the

Ivory Coast national football team The Ivory Coast national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed ''the Elephants'', the team is managed by t ...

Personal life

Guyan is the older brother to Adama Kanté, who is also a football goalkeeper. In 2009, both played together for the same team, the

.FIFCI

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kante, Guyan 1982 births Living people Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers ASEC Mimosas players Issia Wazy players AS Denguélé players SOA (football club) players Men's association football goalkeepers Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) players 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen