Ahmed Kantari
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 June 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Blois, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valenciennes (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Blois Football 41 | |||
Paris Saint-Germain | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Strasbourg | 8 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Brest (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2008–2013 | Brest | 134 | (4) |
2013–2015 | Lens | 59 | (2) |
2015 | Toronto FC | 12 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Valenciennes | 40 | (0) |
Total | 270 | (6) | |
International career | |||
2005–2006 | Morocco U20 | 1 | (0) |
2005–2014 | Morocco | 16 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2019–2020 | Valenciennes (assistant) | ||
2020 | Nottingham Forest (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Al Duhail (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | Valenciennes (assistant) | ||
2022–2023 | Valenciennes B | ||
2023– | Valenciennes | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ahmed Kantari (born 28 June 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level. He is the manager of Championnat National club Valenciennes.
Club career
[edit]After a ten-year career playing in France with various clubs, Kantari signed with Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.[1]
He was released by Toronto on 13 January 2016.[2]
In late January 2019, at the age of 33, Kantari ended his professional career.[3]
International career
[edit]Kantari played for Morocco participating in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
References
[edit]- ^ "TFC adds Moroccan international Kantari". TSN. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Toronto FC waives Moroccan defender Kantari – Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Gotte, Richard (28 January 2019). "VAFC : Ahmed Kantari met un terme à sa carrière de joueur" [VAFC: Ahmed Kantari ends his playing career]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- Ahmed Kantari at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Ahmed Kantari at Soccerway
- Ahmed Kantari at Major League Soccer
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Blois
- Footballers from Centre-Val de Loire
- French men's footballers
- Moroccan men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Morocco men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- RC Lens players
- Toronto FC players
- Valenciennes FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Major League Soccer players
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Moroccan football managers
- French football managers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff
- Valenciennes FC managers
- Ligue 2 managers
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- French expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Moroccan football biography stubs