Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fatoumata Kanteh | ||
Birth name | Fatoumata Kanteh i Cham [a] [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 2 July 1997||
Place of birth | Banyoles, Spain [3] | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, [3] forward [2] [5] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sevilla | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2013–2017 | Porqueres | ||
2018–2019 | Logroño B | ||
2018–2019 | Logroño | 17 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Sporting Huelva | 80 | (9) |
2022–2024 | Villarreal | 58 | (6) |
2024– | Sevilla | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Gambia | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2022 |
Fatoumata Kanteh (born 8 May 1997), also known as Fatou, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Sevilla. Born in Spain, she represents The Gambia at international level. She also plays for the unaffiliated Catalonia national team.
Kanteh has played for UE Porqueres, EdF Logroño and Sporting Huelva in Spain. She appeared in the professional 2021–22 Primera División for the latter. [1]
Born in Spain, Kanteh is of Gambian and Senegalese descent. [6] On 25 October 2021, she made her senior debut for Gambia. On 9 February 2022, she was called up by Gambia for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification ( second round). [7]