Abdoul Kairou Amoustapha (born 1 January 2001) is a Nigerien

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who currently plays for Cancún in the

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Career

Amoustapha moved from

ASN Nigelec Association Sportive Nationale de la Nigelec is a football (soccer) club from Niger based in Niamey. They won the Super Ligue for the first time in the 2021–22 season. Achievements * Super Ligue: 1 :: 2021–22. * Niger Cup: 1 ::2013.

to USL Championship side

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on 20 February 2020. He made his debut on 2 August 2020, starting against Hartford Athletic in a 1–4 loss. In October 2020, Amoustapha began training with Loudoun's parent club

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after the conclusion of Loudoun's season. In October 2021, Amoustapha was recalled to his parent club, MFK Vyskov. He was subsequently dispatched to

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immediately following his return from Loudoun.

International

Amoustapha has made three appearances each on the Niger U-17 and U-20 national football teams. He scored his first international goal with the U-20 side during the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, on 9 February 2019, against Burundi's own U-20 side, in a match that ended in a 3–3 draw. On 31 October 2020, Amoustapha was called up by the senior Niger national football team as part of the preliminary squad for the

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round. He later made his first appearance with the national team on 13 November, coming in as a substitute in Niger's 1–0 victory over Ethiopia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amoustapha, Kairou 2001 births Living people Nigerien men's footballers Men's association football forwards ASN Nigelec players Loudoun United FC players Cancún F.C. footballers USL Championship players Liga de Expansión MX players Nigerien expatriate men's footballers Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in the United States Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Niger men's youth international footballers Niger men's under-20 international footballers Niger men's international footballers