Kangni Frederic Ananou (born 20 September 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a centre back for

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club Sint-Truiden. Born in Germany, he plays for the Togo national team.

Club career

Ananou came through the youth ranks at

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

before joining Dutch side Roda JC Kerkrade in summer 2016. On 3 July 2022, Ananou joined

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

on a one-season deal.

International career

Ananou was born in Germany to Togolese parents. He was called up and capped by the Germany U19 and

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teams in 2016. He debuted for the Togo national team in a 3–0 friendly win over

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on 24 March 2022.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ananou, Frederic 1997 births Living people Footballers from Munich Togolese men's footballers Togo men's international footballers German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers German people of Togolese descent Men's association football central defenders 1. FC Köln players Roda JC Kerkrade players FC Ingolstadt 04 players FC Ingolstadt 04 II players SC Paderborn 07 players FC Hansa Rostock players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Eredivisie players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Bayernliga players German expatriate men's footballers Togolese expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Togolese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium