Cheikhou Kouyaté

Cheikhou Kouyaté
	Kouyaté with Anderlecht in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Cheikhou Kouyaté
Date of birth	21 December 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Team information
Current team	Anderlecht
Number	16
Youth career
1996–2006	ASC Yego Dakar
2006–2007	Brussels
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Brussels
2008–2014	Anderlecht
2008–2009	→ Kortrijk (loan)
2014–	West Ham United
International career‡
2007	Senegal U20
2012	Senegal Olympic
2012–	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014

Cheikhou Kouyaté (born 21 December 1989) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a centre back for Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League.

Career

Kouyaté began his footballing career in 1996 in his hometown with ASC Yego Dakar and was scouted by FC Brussels in September 2006. Brussels then signed the player in January the following year.^[1]

Then the 19-year-old left FC Brussels as his former employers did not pay him three months of wage, he subsequently moved to Belgian rivals R.S.C. Anderlecht on a four-year deal for a free transfer.^[2]

On the 18th June 2014 Kouyate Signed for WestHam United.

References

^ FC BRUSSELS Players on www.rwdm-brussels.be
^ Cheikhou Kouyaté moet van de rechter naar Anderlecht on www.nieuwsblad.be

External links

Template:Persondata

[1] FC BRUSSELS Players on www.rwdm-brussels.be

[2] Cheikhou Kouyaté moet van de rechter naar Anderlecht on www.nieuwsblad.be

[1]

[2]