N'Golo Kanté
French footballer (born 1991) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- France
- Born
- 29 March 1991
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 2011–present
Clubs US Boulogne · Stade Malherbe Caen · Leicester City F.C. · Chelsea F.C. · Al Ittihad FC · Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
433
Club league goals
29
International caps
69
International goals
2
League goals / match
0.07
International goals / cap
0.03
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US BoulogneClub | 2011–2013 | League | 38 | 3 |
| Stade Malherbe CaenClub | 2013–2015 | League | 75 | 4 |
| Leicester City F.C.Club | 2015–2016 | League | 37 | 1 |
| Chelsea F.C.Club | 2016–2023 | League | 190 | 11 |
| France men's national association football teamNational team | 2016–2026 | Full caps | 69 | 2 |
| Al Ittihad FCClub | 2023–2026 | League | 79 | 8 |
| Fenerbahçe IstanbulClub | 2026 | League | 14 | 2 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×2
Premier League
Domestic
- 2015–16 · Leicester City F.C.
- 2016–17 · Chelsea F.C.
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 2020–21 · Chelsea F.C.
- ×1
FIFA Club World Cup
Continental club
- 2022 · Chelsea F.C.
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 2018 · France men's national association football team
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
2011
- Joins US Boulogne — Until 2013
2013
- Joins Stade Malherbe Caen — Until 2015
2015
- Joins Leicester City F.C. — Until 2016
2016
- Senior international debut: France men's national association football team — Ongoing or end date unrecorded
- Premier League winner — 2015–16 · Leicester City F.C.(provisional)
- Joins Chelsea F.C. — Until 2023
2017
- Premier League winner — 2016–17 · Chelsea F.C.(provisional)
2018
- FIFA World Cup winner — 2018 · France men's national association football team
2021
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2020–21 · Chelsea F.C.(provisional)
2022
- FIFA Club World Cup winner — 2022 · Chelsea F.C.(provisional)
2023
- Joins Al Ittihad FC — Until 2026
2026
- Joins Fenerbahçe Istanbul — Ongoing or end date unrecorded
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v3, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
34.4
Rank #145
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 14% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence26.8+8.05 points
- Best window
- 2017–2021
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 1
- Team honor points in window
- 23
- Peak index
- 11.5
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence50.0+12.50 points
- League goals per match
- 0.067 → 5.09
- International goals per cap
- 0.029 → 0
- International caps per year
- 6.27 → 75.3
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 1
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence51.2+7.68 points
- Team honor points
- 28.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.813
- FIFA Club World Cup (2022)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2020–21)
- 8
- FIFA World Cup (2018)
- 12
- Premier League (2015–16)
- 3
- Premier League (2016–17)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence61.8+6.17 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 16 → 78
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 11 → 71
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: N'Golo Kanté (Q16665941)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: N'Golo Kante France v Senegal 16 June 2026-397.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026