Kanté is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aboubakary Kanté
Aboubakary Kanté (born 11 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in France, he plays for the Gambia national team.
Club career
Aboubakar began playing football at the age of 6, and played for various clubs in P ...
(born 1994), Gambian-French footballer
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Cédric Kanté
Cédric Kanté (born 6 July 1979) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he represented the Mali national team internationally winning 41 caps and scoring once.
Club career
Early career
Kanté pr ...
(born 1979), Malian-French footballer
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Daouda Kanté
Daouda Kante (born July 16, 1978) is a Malian retired footballer who played as a defender. He spent three seasons in Major League Soccer, and two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Currently, he is the executive and technical director for Kans ...
(born 1978), Malian footballer
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Guyan Kanté
Joe Souleymane Dit Guyan Kanté (born 5 January 1982) is an Ivorian football goalkeeper playing for SOA.
Career
Kanté began his career in the Académie de Sol Beni, before he was called up for ASEC Mimosas first squad and played with his ...
(born 1982), Ivorian footballer
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José Kanté Martínez
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...
(born 1990), Spanish footballer
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Koly Kanté
Koly Kanté (born 11 November 1982) is a Malian 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 ...
(born 1982), Malian footballer
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Lamine Kanté
Lamine Kanté (born 11 February 1987) is a French basketball player who currently plays for AS Monaco Basket of the LNB Pro A
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketb ...
(born 1987), French basketball player
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Manuel Kanté (born 1986), French footballer
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Massiré Kanté
Massiré Kanté (born 31 March 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in ...
(born 1989), French footballer
Mohamed T. Kanté(born 1985), Malian-American technologist and social entrepreneur
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Mory Kanté (born 1997), Guinean footballer
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Mory Kanté (1950-2020), Guinean-Malian musician
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N'Golo Kanté
N'Golo Kanté (born 29 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Chelsea and the France national team. Considered by many to be one of the world's best midfielders, Kanté is widely prais ...
(born 1991), French footballer
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Ousmane Kanté
Ousmane Kanté (born 21 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Pau. Born in France, he plays for Guinea national team.
Early life
Kanté was born in Paris, to Guinean parents. He holds French and Guin ...
(born 1989), Guinean-French footballer
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Seydou Badjan Kanté
Seydou Badjan Kanté (born 7 August 1981) is a former Ivorian footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Kanté is a product of the famed youth academy at Ivorian-based club ASEC Mimosas. He joined Belgian side KSK Beveren in 2004, spe ...
(born 1981), Ivorian footballer
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Soumaoro Kanté
Soumaoro Kanté (also known as Sumaworo Kanté or Sumanguru Kanté) was a 13th-century king of the Sosso people. Seizing Koumbi Saleh, the capital of the recently defunct Ghana Empire, Soumaoro Kanté proceeded to conquer several neighboring stat ...
(13th century), king of the Sosso people
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Youssouf Kanté (born 1984), French footballer
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