Franck Kanouté, Defensive Midfield at Radnički Niš

Defensive Midfield · Midfielder

#6 Franck Kanouté

Radnički Niš Super Liga · Serbia

Date of birth / Age: 13 Dec 1998 (27)
Height · Weight: 1.86 m · 78 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Citizenship: Senegal
Joined club: 26 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027
International: Senegal · 2 caps

Date of birth / Age: 13 Dec 1998 (27)
Height · Weight: 1.86 m · 78 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Citizenship: Senegal
Joined club: 26 Jul 2025
Contract until: 2027
International: Senegal · 2 caps

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 22
Starting eleven: 17
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 9
Second yellows: 1
Red cards: 1
Minutes: 1,501

Starting eleven77%

17 of 22 appearances

Minutes played1,501

68 per appearance

Goal involvement2

2 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

133 matches · since 2017/18

AMCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	104	4	1
Central Midfield	28	0	0
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1026; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #327; among defensive midfielders aged 26–29
In his league: 56%; of Super Liga defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +0.5; goals above expected · better than 68% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

3 Expected

2.5

47 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

0 Expected

0.3

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Super Liga	Radnički Niš	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	440
2025/26	Super Liga	Radnički Niš	22	17	2	0	9	1	1	1,501
2023/24	Super Liga	Partizan	18	18	1	0	5	0	0	1,090
2023/24	UEFA Europa Conference League	Partizan	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	247
2022/23	Ligue 2	Sochaux	30	20	1	1	8	0	0	1,861
2021/22	Pro League	Cercle Brugge	6	3	1	0	2	0	0	235
2020/21	Pro League	Cercle Brugge	16	13	1	0	2	0	0	1,041
2020/21	Cup	Cercle Brugge	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	141
2019/20	Serie B	Cosenza	18	18	0	0	6	1	0	1,427
2019/20	Coppa Italia	Cosenza	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	59
2021	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	Senegal	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	105
2018/19	Serie B	Pescara	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	344
2018/19	Coppa Italia	Pescara	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	12
2017/18	Serie B	Ascoli	14	9	0	–	5	–	0	862
2017/18	Serie B	Pescara	7	4	0	–	3	–	0	360
2017/18	Campionato Primavera 2	Pescara U19	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017/18	Coppa Italia	Pescara	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	10
2016/17	Campionato Primavera 1	Juventus U19	14	10	1	–	2	–	0	836
2016/17	UEFA Youth League	Juventus U19	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			173	130	7	1^*	45	2^*	1	10,751

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Serie B	49	0	0
Super Liga	45	3	0
Ligue 2	30	1	1
Pro League	22	2	0
Campionato Primavera 1	14	1	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	4	0	–
Coppa Italia	3	0	–
Cup	2	0	–
Senegal	2	0	–
Campionato Primavera 2	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Free Transfer – Radnički Niš Free Transfer
Oct 2024 Oct 2024 · Free Agent Partizan – Free Agent
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Cercle Brugge Partizan Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2023 Jun 2023 · Back from Loan Sochaux Cercle Brugge Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Loan Cercle Brugge Sochaux Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2020 Sept 2020 · Transfer Pescara Cercle Brugge Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2020 Jun 2020 · Back from Loan Cosenza Pescara Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2019 Aug 2019 · Loan Pescara Cosenza Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2018 Jun 2018 · Back from Loan Ascoli Pescara Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Loan Pescara Ascoli Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2017 Aug 2017 · Transfer Juventus Pescara Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2015 Dec 2015 · Unknown – Juventus Unknown

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