Ahmed Kantari ( Arabic: أحمد القنطاري ; born June 28, 1985 , Blois , France ) is a Moroccan footballer , central defender of the Valenciennes club. He played in the national team of Morocco .
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| Born | June 28, 1985 ( 34) Blois , France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Morocco  France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 80 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Valenciennes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| room | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Club career
Kantari began his career at the Orleans Club Football School. At the age of 15, he moved to the Paris Saint-Germain football academy. In July 2005, he signed a full-fledged contract with the club. Ahmed was the captain of the reserve team of the Parisians in the 2005/05 season, but was not played for the main one.
In the summer of 2006, Kantari signed a 4-year contract with the Strasbourg club. After playing several matches for the team in the first half of the season, Ahmed stopped joining the lineup after joining Jean-Marc Furlan's coaching bridge. After Strasbourg entered the Premier League 1, Kantari was leased to Brest .
On August 1, 2008, in a match against Nim , Ahmed made his debut for a new team [1] . On August 8, in a duel against Clermont , he scored his first goal for Brest [2] . After the end of the lease, Brest management purchased the Kantari transfer. In the summer of 2010, after the team entered the major league, Ahmed extended his contract with the team. On August 7, in a match against Toulouse , Country made his debut for Brest in League 1 [3] . On May 11, 2011, Ahmed tore the Achilles tendon, which turned out to be out of football for six months. In the summer of 2013, he moved to Lance . On August 4, in a match against Bastia , Ahmed made his debut for a new team [4] . On November 11, in a duel against Nyor , he scored his first goal for Lance [5] .
July 24, 2015 Kantari moved to the Canadian club " Toronto " [6] . On August 2, in his match against the New England Revolution , he made his MLS debut [7] . January 13, 2016 he was expelled from the club [8] . In the summer, Ahmed signed a contract with Valenciennes . On July 29, in a match against Clermont , Kantari made his debut for a new team [9] .
International Career
Kantari played for the youth team of Morocco and as part of it participated in two draws of the African Youth Cup in 2003 and 2005, and also as part of the national team participated in the World Championship among youth teams 2005 , where he was injured in the first match against his peers from Spain .
In November 2005, Ahmed made his debut for Morocco in a friendly match against Cameroon . In 2012, as part of a national team, he took part in the African Cup of Nations . At the tournament, Kantari played in matches against the national teams of Gabon [10] and Tunisia [11] .
In 2013, Ahmed took part in the Africa Cup for the second time. This time he took part in only one match against the South African national team [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Neem VS. Brest 0: 1 (Russian) , soccerway.com (August 1, 2008).
- ↑ Brest VS. Clermont 2: 2 (Russian) , soccerway.com (August 8, 2008).
- ↑ Toulouse VS. Brest 2: 0 (Russian) , soccerway.com (August 7, 2010).
- ↑ Lance VS. Bastia 1: 0 (Russian) , soccerway.com (2013-08-04).
- ↑ Niort VS. Lance 2: 2 (Russian) , soccerway.com (2013-11-11).
- ↑ TFC adds Moroccan international Kantari (English) , TSN (July 24, 2015).
- ↑ New England Revolution VS. Toronto 3: 1 (Russian) , soccerway.com (2015–08–02).
- ↑ John Molinaro . Toronto FC waives Moroccan defender Kantari (English) , Sportsnet.ca (January 13, 2016).
- ↑ Valenciennes VS. Clermont 2-0 (Rus.) , Soccerway.com (2016–07–29).
- ↑ Gabon VS. Morocco 1: 2 (Russian) , soccerway.com (January 27, 2012).
- ↑ Morocco VS. Tunisia 1: 2 (Russian) , soccerway.com (23 January 2012).
- ↑ Morocco VS. South Africa 1: 2 (Russian) , soccerway.com (January 27, 2013).