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Full name: Nwankwo Christian Kanu
Date of birth: August 01, 1976
Birthplace: Owerri, Imo, Nigeria
Nationality: Nigerian
EU passport: No
Height: 197 cms
Weight: 80 kgs
Club: Portsmouth
Position: Forward [C]
Squad Number: 27
Contract expires: Juni 2009
Previous clubs: Fed Works > Iwanyanwu > Ajax > Inter Milan > (£4.5m) Arsenal > released > (free) West Brom > released > Portsmouth
International debut: May 1994, v Sweden
International Caps: 79
International Goals: 13
World Cups: France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002 |
FIFA U-17 World Cup (1993)
Olympic Games (1996)
UEFA Champions League (1995)
Intercontinental Cup (1995)
UEFA Super Cup (1995)
UEFA Cup (1998)
Nigerian League (1993)
Dutch Eredivisie (1994, 1995, 1996)
Dutch Super Cup (1994, 1995)
English FA Cup (2002, 2003, 2008)
English FA Premier League (2002, 2004)
African Footballer of the Year (1996, 1999) | |
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1976
Born August 1 in Owerri, Imo, Nigeria.
1996
August: Member of the Nigerian team that won the Gold Medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
2006
February: Member of the Nigerian team that reached the African Cup of Nations semifinals in Egypt.
April: Suffers relegation from the English Premier League with West Brom.
August 17: Agreed a one-year deal with Portsmouth.
August 19: Kanu scored twice and missed a penalty on his Portsmouth debut as Harry Redknapp's side got off to a 3-0 dream start against nine-man Blackburn.
2008
February: Represented Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Ghana. He was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals but were defeated by Ghana 1-2.
May 17: Kanu's first-half goal proved enough for Portsmouth FC to defeat Cardiff City FC at Wembley and win the FA Cup for the first time in 69 years.
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