Abu Kanu

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Abu Kanu
Personal information
Full name Abu Kanu
Date of birth (1972-03-31) 31 March 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Magburaka, Sierra Leone
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Freetown United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 East End Lions
1995–1996 Spånga IS
1997 Penang FA
1997–1999 Slaven Belupo 32 (2)
2008–2009 Old Edwardians
International career
1990–1997 Sierra Leone 15 (8)
Managerial career
FC Knokke (youth coach)
Sierra Leone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abu Kanu, commonly known as Gbanaloko, (born 31 March 1972 in Magburaka) is a retired Sierra Leonean football striker. Kanu was a member of the Leone Stars squad that participated in the 1994 African Nations Cup in Tunisia. He is the second highest all-time goal scorer for the Sierra Leone national football team with 15 goals, an during his playing days with Sierra Leone, Kanu was most prolific scorer in the team.[ citation needed ]

Kanu had a spell with NK Slaven Belupo in the Prva HNL. [1]

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References

  1. "Statistika: Abu Kanu". Prva Hrvatska nogometna liga. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2009.